Posts Tagged ‘History of Math’

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Poincare Conjecture

[Editor's Note: Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime. This is the second problem discussed under the Millennium Problem series.] Since the days [...]

Published by on March 7th, 2012 at 09:03 pm
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Kameshwar Das: The Lotus in the Muddy Pond

Over a hundred years back, in the year 1901, a little boy took admission into a primary school located at Hagurigaon (Harihar Gaon) near Pathsala district in Assam. It would be wrong to say he took admission. Rather, a noble teacher of that school admitted him into the same. The son of Banahu and Ratipriya [...]

Published by on August 11th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
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Mathematics In Ancient India

The development of human civilization is accompanied by the development of mathematics. For civilization to flourish, stability in society and in thoughts of people is most essential. Stability in thoughts comes only with the knowledge of mathematics. At the dawn of civilization, stable thoughts express themselves in the form of mathematics. Later as the civilization [...]

Published by on April 17th, 2011 at 12:04 pm