12 Facts About Indian mathematics

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Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent from 1200 BCE until the end of the 18th century.

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The oldest extant mathematical document produced on the Indian mathematics subcontinent is the birch bark Bakhshali Manuscript, discovered in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali, near Peshawar and is likely from the 7th century CE.

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Later landmark in Indian mathematics was the development of the series expansions for trigonometric functions by mathematicians of the Kerala school in the 15th century CE.

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Indian mathematics wrote the Katyayana Sulba Sutra, which presented much geometry, including the general Pythagorean theorem and a computation of the square root of 2 correct to five decimal places.

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5.

The literate culture of Indian mathematics science goes back to at least the fifth century BC.

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6.

Indian mathematics described the important fundamental principles of mathematics in 332 shlokas.

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Indian mathematics made important contributions to trigonometry, including sine and cosine tables to 4 decimal places of accuracy and the following formulas relating sine and cosine functions:.

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Indian mathematics then used this lemma to both generate infinitely many solutions of Pell's equation, given one solution, and state the following theorem:.

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Indian mathematics wrote the Dhavala, a commentary on Jain mathematics, which:.

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10.

Indian mathematics wrote a book titled Ganit Saar Sangraha on numerical mathematics, and wrote treatises about a wide range of mathematical topics.

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11.

Indian mathematics understood the concept of differentiation after solving the differential equation that resulted from substituting this expression into Aryabhata's differential equation.

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12.

Indian mathematics was the author of Dhikotidakarana, a work of twenty verses on:.

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