Free Essays on Indian Mathematicians

  1. Great Mathematician

    Syracuse {draw:frame} Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Archimedes is generally considered to be the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. He used the method of exhaustion to...

  2. Indian Mathematician

    Wheat and chessboard problem The inventor of chess, an Indian mathematician showed the leader of his country his game (chess) and so the leader of the country asked him what he would like in return for this creation. The smart mathematician told his ruler that for the first square of the chess board...

  3. dsfsa

    and Babylonian mathematics. Systematic study of trigonometric functions began in Hellenistic mathematics, reaching India as part of Hellenistic astronomy. In Indian astronomy, the study of trigonometric functions flowered in theGupta period, especially due to Aryabhata (6th century). During the Middle Ages, the...

  4. Contribution of Mahaviracharya to Mathematics

    SIGNATURE OF GUIDE TEACHER SIGNATURE OF PARTICIPANT Contributions of Mahaviracharya to Mathematics Mahavira was 8thcentury (c. 800–870) Indian mathematician (Jain) from Gulbarga who asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist. He gave the sum of a series whose terms are squares...

  5. Miscellaneous

    This circle was called ṣifr, "empty" in Arabic language. That was the earliest mention of the name ṣifr that eventually became zero. The Italian mathematician Fibonacci (c.1170–1250), who grew up in North Africa and is credited with introducing the decimal system to Europe, used the term zephyrum. This...

  6. Ancient Islamic Scholars

    philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators. This group converted the works of Aristotle, the Neo-Platonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into the Arabic language. (Adamson). According to Al-Kindi, "We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining...

  7. The Moto Gp

    this para-vidya and have also gifted that knowledge in the form of scriptures. Many sincere seekers, both from India and abroad, like the great Indian mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan, and western scientists like Erwin Schroedinger, Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein and many others have discovered profound and...

  8. Shankaracharya

    religion, which is considered intellectual Hinduism is alive to this day. Sri Ramanuja (born in 1017 A.D. -- not to be confused with the great Indian mathematician with the same name) appeared on the spiritual scene of South India ignited by the devotional revolution started by the Alvars. He came from...

  9. Muslim History

    Crusaders 5.1 The Mamluks 6 Islam in Africa 6.1 Islam in Maghreb 6.2 Islam in East Africa 6.3 Islam in West Africa 7 Islam in Asia 7.1 Indian Subcontinent 7.2 China 7.3 Southeast Asia 8 Mongol Invasions 9 Three Muslim empires 9.1 Mughal Empire 9.2 Safavid Empire 9.3 Ottoman...

  10. Overview of the Old Testament in Outline Form

    wheel invented in 1898 Joseph sold into slavery 1885 Joseph rules Egypt 1805 Joseph dies Creation of a Nation 1750 Babylonian mathematicians already understand cube and square root; Hammurapi 1700 Egyptian papyrus document describes medical and surgical procedures 1526 Moses born...

  11. Sparties

    obsessed with getting evaluated by friends. ) Body A. Firstly, Facebook does not allow us to have time for ourselves. 1. One of the famous mathematician and philosophy Blaise Pascal left a quote ““All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone”. 2. It seems...

  12. What Is Pi?

    to the right of the decimal point, and in the number .123456789123456789123456789... the sequence 123456789 is repeated. However, although many mathematicians have tried to find it, no repeating pattern for pi has been discovered - in fact, in 1768 Johann Lambert proved that there cannot be any such repeating...

  13. A History of Optics, Part 1

    Aristotle were almost entirely devoid of mathematics. The first Greek exposition of a mathematical theory of vision was in the Optica by the great mathematician Euclid, author of the Elements, perhaps the most influential textbook in the history of mathematics. Scholar Victor J. Katz in A History of Mathematics...

  14. religions outline

    be attributed largely to the conversion of Asoka, the ruler of Mauryan Empire) to Buddhism. He made the religion a part of his administration in the Indian sub- continent He put proclamations on stone pillars In order to reach nirvana, “complete enlightenment”, one must accept and follow The 4 Noble...

  15. Enlightenment and Romantic Period

    by this brilliant philosopher. Sir Isaac Newton is another clear choice for top philosopher of the Enlightenment Age. As an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist he was widely known and his works are still being studied today. In July 1687, he wrote the Philosophia...

  16. Theory of Knowledge - Belief Is the Certainty of What Cannot Be Seen

    ratio.18 Thus reasonably and logically one can perceive that math is based on fundamentals which are experimented upon and proven by many famous mathematicians such as Aristotle and others. When I had a doubt in maths class about the priciples of circular trigonometry, my teacher explained and proved to...

  17. Greek Influence on Western Culture

    heavily used in Geometry and Algebra equations. According to the article “Pythagoras”, he was not the discoverer of the theorem but rather an Indian mathematician around 800b.c. Despite this it is thanks to him that the method was popularized in Greece and therefore survived history to aid us in educating...

  18. Gk and Current Affairs

    youngest person to present a paper on her results in the area of integer partitioning at the International Congress of Women Mathematicians Nila Seafoods of Tuticorin becomes the first Indian manufacturer-exporter to be awarded the MPEDA quality logo MPEDA - Marine Products Export Development Authority Business...

  19. essay

    below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answer from the given options: 5 Marks Coded Messages Arabic mathematicians made tremendous contributions to cryptanalysis — the science of decoding scrambled messages. Their interest stemmed partially from their religion...

  20. Indians

    fierce battles and melees between the Indians and the settlers that were born from this cultural conflict. In spite of this, many people may not know about the systematic and deliberate means employed by the U.S. government to permanently rid their new land of the Indians who had lived their own lives peacefully...

  21. Cherokee Indians

    RUNNING HEAD: CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE 1 THE CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE AND THE NEW WORLD CALVIN YOUNG AIU CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE 2 Abstract The Cherokee Indian were some of the first settlers in what is now the United States. They had...

  22. The Indians

    The Indians where put on plots of land called reservations. The Indian tribes possessed or owned the land but the government had total supervision. There they could not hunt their own food, instead, had to live on government rations. The children could no longer speak in their native tongue and where...

  23. Business Gk

    of India: Montek Singh Ahluwalia 7. President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Venu Srinivasan 8. Director General of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Chandrajeet Banerjee 9. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI): Harsh Pati Singhania 10...

  24. Indian Act

    The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that governs in matters pertaining to Indian status, bands, and Indian reserves. Throughout history it has been highly invasive and paternalistic, as it authorizes the Canadian federal government to regulate and administer in the affairs and day-to-day lives...

  25. American Indian Movement

    American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement has significantly improved over the past 30 years. American Indians have been on the move for almost 500 years. The movement has transformed policy making into programs and organizations that have served Indian people in many communities....

  26. The Indian Revolution During the American Revolution

    21h.001 How to Stage a Revolution Essay 1 rewrite The Indian Revolution during the American Revolution Unlike most revolutions in history the events that took place in north America from 1775 to 1783 did not involve just two competing groups of people. On one side was the British Empire trying...

  27. The Effect of WWI on the Indian Independence Movement

    India. As Germany attempted to hurt the British by infiltrating India and establishing the roots of rebellion through the Hindu-German Conspiracy, Indian troops fought valiantly for the entente powers and began to question the divine right of the West to rule while Europe itself was in turmoil. But above...

  28. INDIAN DRAMA

    Indian drama in English Drama is a composite art in which the written word of the playwright is concretized when it becomes the spoken word of the actor on the stage. It involves the playwright, the actor, the audience, plot construction, characterization, dialogues, music, dance, posture, stage setting...

  29. Indian Legal Services Market

    Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/347858/ Indian Legal Services Market: An Analysis Description: This report analyzes the legal services market in India within the PEST and Porter frameworks and highlights the issues and growth drivers of this market. It also...

  30. Cherokee Indians 2

    Cherokee Indians There was over ten million plus Native Americans in the world when the first non Native Americans arrived but this would all change within the next 250 to 300 years when over three quarters of our population would be wiped out because of the warfare that was imported by the white man...

  31. Plains Indians

    Technological developments helped drive the Native Americans back, and government actions were manipulative in how they prompted mistreatment of the Plains Indians. Whether on purpose, or by accident, both technology and government led to the ultimate downfall of Native American culture and society in the plains...

  32. Motivation for Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy

    Motivation for Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy illustrates his history as an aggressive Indian fighter, his commitment to maintaining state rights, and the influence of the popular opinion of the frontier states whom he depended on in the 1828 election. Jackson’s...

  33. Doingbus in Indian

    Nowadays, due to India's population is constantly increasing, the Indian became more and more powerful economy and trade country, more policy relaxation of import and export trade standards, more and more multinational companies to enter the Indian doing business. This report is going to be discussed about...

  34. Indian Culture

    friend, there is a huge difference between indian and western culture. if you are the one who is asking- which one is the best then, i would say indian culture. some may not agree with me, but if you give a thought- then you might find me right. Indian culture has given many things to mankind. and...

  35. Impact of Indian Community on the New Jersey Area

    Impact of Indian community on the New Jersey area “Nearly every third person who lives in Edison” New Jersey is originally from India (Texeira). For most of new Indians immigrants who have come to the US to fulfill their American Dream, New Jersey is the place they look for to live. They call New...

  36. Settlers Effect on the Plains Indians

    Impacts of the millions of Americans on the Plains Indians as they settled on the Great Plains from 1865 to 1900 The new railroads in the West occasioned by the Civil War opened up the area to economic development and new settlers. American settlers from the East entered via the Mississippi to ranch...

  37. Indians All Our Lives

    Indians all Our Lives, 1890-1920 The Indian territory during the late eighteen century were formed out form out of many different bands or tribes which righted over each other to gain more territory, by the mid nineteen century they had to confront a different enemy another expanding power in the...

  38. Indian Plywood and Laminates market

    The report titled “Indian Plywood and Laminates market: Trends and Opportunities (2015-2019)” provides an insight into the Plywood and Laminates market in India with focus on applications of plywood and laminates. The report assesses the market sizing and growth of the Indian Plywood and Laminates...

  39. The Indian Peafowl

    Indian Peafowl The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced into many...

  40. Overseas Operation of Indian Banks

    In which country, which Indian bank is dominant and why? The scenario of Indian banks in the overseas market can be seen as below, As on December 31, 2006, the statistics is as follows: Total No. Of overseas branches : 113 branches. No. Of Private sector banks: 3 nos No. Of Public...

  41. Buoyant Indian Financial Markets

    Buoyant Indian Financial Markets Despite vanishing FIIs, the Indian markets remain resilient and staying afloat .The US crisis has significantly affected the investor’s sentiments. There will be substantial capital out flows owing to investor’s tendency to with-draw from risky markets. This would...

  42. the french and indian war

    The French and Indian War altered the political, economical, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. English debt lead to unfair taxation of the colonists, and this changed the way they felt about their mother country. After the French and Indian War, the countries colonizing...

  43. How Alcohol Effected American Indians

    Native American Culture? History of the American Indian Professor Roger Carpenter December 14, 2009 Northern Native Americans were faced with many great hardships with the arrival of the Europeans, Spanish and the French. American Indians had thrived on American soil for thousands of years...

  44. Indian Auto Industry

    Indian Market India’s automotive industry is booming. The industry currently contributes about U.S. $34 billion to the Indian economy, equivalent to five percent of its national GDP. It produces over 11 million vehicles a year making it one of the eleventh largest passenger car producers in the world...

  45. Indian Sepoy Rebellion

    Indian rebellion of 1857. Brutal execution of Indian soldiers who participated in the Indian rebellion of 1857 by British cannons 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. The war brought about the...

  46. The Indian Information Technology Sector

    IT INDUSTRY IN INDIA The Indian information technology sector has been instrumental in driving the nation's economy onto the rapid growth curve. According to the Nasscom-Deloitte study, the IT/ITES industry's contribution to the country's GDP has increased to a share of 5.2 per cent in 2007, as...

  47. Indian Consumer Profile

    | INDIAN CONSUMER PROFILE | | | | Submitted By,Subhransu Sekhar AcharyaRegn. No. 0906247033 | | | | Profile of the average Indian mobile consumer. With around 100 million mobile subscribers, India is the third largest mobile market (next to China and the US) and one of the...

  48. Federal Indian Policy

    It was Edward S. Curtis’s monumental, The North American Indian, in which photographed the “vanishing race”. Produced in 1913 through expeditions sent by Rodman Wanamaker, to photograph the final gatherings of the tribes but he also applauded the assimilation of the passing race into American society...

  49. Indian Cinema: Bollywood

    What is Indian Cinema? Before attempting to answer what Indian Cinema is, I feel it is important to question the present day notion Indian Cinema. This notion, I feel is a misleading one. Indian Cinema at present is an image falsely created out of only a particular kind of cinema, namely the Bollywood...

  50. Western Culture

    ­20th See also Religious philosophy ­Christian· ­Jewish· ­Islamic ­Hindu· ­Sikh· ­Buddhist Eastern philosophy ­Babylonian· ­Indian· ­Iranian ­Chinese· ­Japanese· ­Korean ­Western culture· ­Western world ­v· ­t· ­e Contemporary philosophy is the...

  51. New Wave Indian Cinema

    British, Polish, Czech, Hollywood and even Indian New Wave where directors in the 1970s made groundbreaking films that reinvigorated the industry and broke old boundaries. 2. New Wave Indian Cinema New Wave Indian Cinema is a specific genre of Indian cinema which is known for its serious content...

  52. Being an Indian

    India is worlds largest democracy. Is Indian democracy an experiment in governance or a huge muddle time only will tell. How a billion indians today form a sea of humanity which has been flowing for ages, different in many ways yet having a common thread. India even with its great problems despite...

  53. Indian Freedom Fighter

    Savarkar    Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar (Marathi: विनायक दामोदर सावरकर) (May 28, 1883 – February 26, 1966) was an Indian politician and an Indian Independence Movement activist, who is credited with developing the Hindu nationalist political ideology Hindutva. He is considered to...

  54. indian river citrus company

    4 Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting Indian River Citrus Company (B) In Case 12, Lili Romero and Brent Gibbs analyzed a lite orange juice project for the Indian River Citrus Company. The project required an initial investment of $580,000 in fixed assets (including shipping and installation...

  55. The Hollywood Indian: the Portrayal of Native Americans in John Ford’s the Searchers and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man

    The Hollywood Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in John Ford’s The Searchers and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man Rachel Andrews November 30, 2005 The depictions of Native American in film have changed little over the history of the motion picture. The stories told hold fast to...

  56. The Newly-Created Indian Cricket League

    Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and supervised by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, Chairman & Commissioner for IPL and CEO Sundar Raman. It presently includes...

  57. The Comparison Between Malay, Chinese and Indian Wedding

    CHINESE AND INDIAN WEDDING All of the people in this world want to get married and have their on memories in the wedding ceremony. They will have the ceremony by their own ritual. The ritual is always by their parents. For the Malaysian, there are three races that are Malay, Chinese and Indian. In every...

  58. The Indian Culture

    The Indian culture instilled a sense of honor in me, which to the present day is contributing to the personal and intellectual development of me. My intellectual development has largely been cherished through my parents, who taught me the sense of honor for myself, and the family as family image was...

  59. Indian Telecom Services Market Trends & Forecast: 2015-2020 - Aarkstore.com

    Indian Telecom Services Market, By [Providers (Network Equipment Providers, End-user Equipment Providers), Technologies (4G, 3G, 2G, WiFi, WiMAX), Services, Regions, Verticals] – Trends & Forecast: 2015-2020 The Indian Telecom services market is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. ...

  60. Future Outlook of Indian Telecom

    just 18 percent of the population, but has now become one of the high volume, high growth telecommunication services market in the world. Today the Indian telecommunications network with over 375 Million subscribers is second largest network in the world after China. India is also the fastest growing...