Indian Mathematics: Ramanujan’s Taxi-cab Number
I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that…
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Indian Mathematics: How To Find The Value Of Any Irrational Number?
A unique technique found in Bhakshali manuscript to find the value of irrational numbers of the form SquareRoot (n).
Indian Mathematics: An Ingenious Technique To Circle The Square
Circling the square, as explained in Shulba Sutras.
Indian Mathematics: How To Write A Magic Square?
A magic square is a square of numbers where each row, column, and diagonal gives the same sum. A n x n magic square has…
Indian Mathematics: Length Of A Pole
If you have studied Quadratic equations in high school, then you owe to Sridhara Acharya. Because he is the one who gave the world the…
Indian Mathematics: A Miser’s Donation
O good-minded guy! A miser gave to a beggar 1/2 x 2/3 x 3/4 x 1/5 x 1/16 x 1/4th part of a dramma. If…