Bharati Krishna Tirtha's Vedic Mathematics
Vedic mathematics is a system of mathematics consisting of a list of 16 basic sūtras, or aphorisms. They were presented by a Hindu scholar and mathematician, Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, during the early part of the 20th century.
Tirthaji claimed that he found the sūtras after years of studying the Vedas, a set of sacred ancient Hindu texts. However, Vedas do not contain any of the "Vedic mathematics" sutras.
The calculation strategies provided by Vedic mathematics are said to be creative and useful, and can be applied in a number of ways to calculation methods in arithmetic and algebra, most notably within the education system. Some of its methods share similarities with the Trachtenberg system.
Read more about Bharati Krishna Tirtha's Vedic Mathematics: Origin of The System, The Sūtras (formulae or Aphorisms), Methods Described in The Sūtras, Applications
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