tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post113311066081841624..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: Ifrah: the history of numbersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133291603721018092005-11-30T00:43:00.000+05:302005-11-30T00:43:00.000+05:30For correct information's sake - Mayan's used a vi...For correct information's sake - Mayan's used a vigesimal (base 20) system http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html, and Romans didn't have base 10 system. Let me revisit - Base 10 means that the position of the symbol decides what power of 10 you multiply the number (symbol) with.... oh, well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133213336498462772005-11-29T02:58:00.000+05:302005-11-29T02:58:00.000+05:30Well, "the whole world" that you know of.... pleas...Well, "the whole world" that you know of.... please checkout the work on binary numbers done in ancient India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133212538257587152005-11-29T02:45:00.000+05:302005-11-29T02:45:00.000+05:30So, I assume Pingala must have lived "before" the ...So, I assume Pingala must have lived "before" the begining of civilization. I wonder what he did with those binary numbers in an uncivilized world?? :)<BR/>Check out http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/binary.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133169266851798742005-11-28T14:44:00.000+05:302005-11-28T14:44:00.000+05:30Vedantham makes us do away with the illusory line...Vedantham makes us do away with the illusory linear concept of time itself!<BR/><BR/>Every past event was a present one,when it actually occurred; every future event <BR/>will be experienced as a present event alone.<BR/><BR/>"Past and future are but manifestations of present time, resting entirely upon it...it is an everlasting NOW. The relationship between past and future has been created by the unifying power of man's memory; it exists in man,not in time."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133168381569383692005-11-28T14:29:00.000+05:302005-11-28T14:29:00.000+05:30R.K.Laxman once met Bertrand Russell and I quo...R.K.Laxman once met Bertrand Russell and I quote him:-<BR/><BR/>"And when the time came for me to leave....he suddenly said ..'But you Indians have discovered nothing!Absolutely nothing!<BR/><BR/>I went red in the face,taken aback by this sudden jarring remark.....<BR/><BR/>"You Indians have discovered nothing...yes, I mean nothing.!" he kept on vehemently with maniacal repetition.....Mischief twinkling in his eyes he said...."Nothing.The Indians invented it.I mean the great concept of nothing. "Zero" is a great mathematical discovery and the credit belongs to Indian thinkers. I am a great admirer of Indian thought..." he said smiling triumphantly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133153058695157962005-11-28T10:14:00.000+05:302005-11-28T10:14:00.000+05:30You might also be interested in the book,"The Cres...You might also be interested in the book,<BR/>"The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics" by G.G.Joseph.<BR/>the name of the book itself - crest of the peacock- is from the Vedanga Jyotisha:<BR/>"Like the crest of a peacock, like the gem on the head of a snake, so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge"<BR/>Joseph trashes the notion that the font of all mathematics was ancient greece &/or rome.The chapter on Indian Mathematics leaves one awestruck at the sheer genius of india's mathematicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133114863883504542005-11-27T23:37:00.000+05:302005-11-27T23:37:00.000+05:30Interesting numbers about Muslim illiteracy from a...Interesting numbers about Muslim illiteracy from a Paki newspaper.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2005-daily/08-11-2005/oped/o6.htm" REL="nofollow">link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133112470834786352005-11-27T22:57:00.000+05:302005-11-27T22:57:00.000+05:30here is the link.linkhere is the link.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050912/asp/nation/story_5227245.asp" REL="nofollow">link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1133112384335142322005-11-27T22:56:00.000+05:302005-11-27T22:56:00.000+05:30Good article form Naipaul, where he says how impor...Good article form Naipaul, where he says how important it is for India to understand and appreciate its ancient history.<BR/><BR/><A LINK="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050912/asp/nation/story_5227245.asp">link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com