Indian Mathematics to be Relaunched!
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After more than 30 years of research, spanning mathematics from 16 languages, elementary mathematics (arithmetic) is being relaunched in India, the birthplace of zero. Why? Sometimes older explanations are simply better, as you will discover below...
First, he cut a straight line at random into two parts, a and b...
Then he made a square above a, and a square below b, to see that the square on the entire straight line ( a and b) equaled the sum of the squares on a and b plus two rectangles with sides a and b. Whoah!
Then, after he cut the rectangles in half, he slid the triangles around so each right angle sat in the corner of the outer square.... Cool!
The longer 'legs' of the triangles were a, the shorter legs b, and the longest sides c. So, like that, he proved a² + b² = c².
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Who is he? Not Euclid! From Proposition 4 from Book II of Euclid's Elements, we read "If a straight line is cut at random, then the square on the whole equals the sum of the squares on the segments plus twice the rectangle contained by the segments." Elsewhere Euclid provides the following proof a² + b² = c² which is more complex than the one above.
So, why choose complexity over simplicity? The Chinese guy's demonstration above predates the Greek of Euclid. Ancient Chinese and Indian arithmetical ideas also happen to be much simpler than the arithmetic taught in primary and middle school classes today.
Western elementary mathematics (arithmetic) emerged from Greek mathematics, yet the Greeks did NOT consider 0 and 1 to be numbers. So, despite zeros and ones being all that is required to power the math in your computer, these numbers were missed in various definitions such as multiplication and exponentiation when the foundations of western arithmetic were established! (Strange yet true.)
So, in November 2018 I'm off to Kolkata, India to relaunch India's original concept of zero along with positives, negatives, the five basic operations and much much more!
I gave up the party tricks such as name that date and speed multiplication long ago, because short cut math tricks didn't reveal mathematical truths; they hid them. My research has NOT been about the collection of short-cuts (sutras) branded Vedic Maths. I went way back to the ideas of ancient China, that India enhanced with zero.
So, if you live in India, make sure you don't miss out on being one of the lucky few who'll be able to say they were there when elementary mathematics finally came together for the first time as a fun fast free and simple system, consistent from the Naturals to the Reals!
Click a flag below for more info...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/regenesis-recompiling-modern-mathematics-via-indian-laws-crabtree/
I hope to meet you there!
P.S. I'm running free workshops in Australia before I go to India. Message me for details.
SOURCES:
www.jonathancrabtree.com/mathematics/a-proof-of-pythagoras-via-the-chinese-chou-pei-suan-ching/
Code Breaker (retiree)
5yJoblnathn Greeks and Egyptians respected zero and one as limits and in other ways. In double entry accounting formalized in 2050 BCE zero was a much needed null set. Accounting can not exist without zero So why do you claim zero was invented in India. I suspect the positional aspect. But let me not put words on your page. That is your responsibility. I await your words defining zero as only known to the Veda texts. Best Regards Milo
2022 Prime Minister's Prize in Excellence in Science Teaching. Head of Technology and STEAM 'Teacher of the year' -DATTA Australia 2017, leader and mentor YPPP , 3D printing
6yPlease let me know the details of your workshop.
Epistémophile et hétérodoxe, Electron Libre, Déviant positif.. "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst"
6y"So, why choose complexity over simplicity?"
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Sur, Sultanate of Oman
6yI am very much interested to attend the workshop...!!!!