Contribution To Indian Mathematics
Sthananga Sutra lists the topics which made up the mathematics studied from the time of 2nd century BCE onwards. In fact this list of topics sets the scene for the areas of study for a long time to come in the Indian subcontinent. The topics are listed in as:- the theory of numbers, arithmetical operations, geometry, operations with fractions, simple equations, cubic equations, quartic equations, and permutations and combinations. It also gives classifications of five types of infinities.
The topics of mathematics, according to the Sthananga-sutra (sutra 747) are ten in numbers:
- Parikarma (four fundamental operations),
- Vyavahara (subjects of treatment),
- Rajju (geometry),
- Rashi (mensuration of solid bodies),
- Kalasavarna (fractions),
- Yavat-tavat (simple equation),
- Varga (quadratic equation),
- Ghana (cubic equation),
- Varga-varga (biquadratic equation) and
- Vikalpa (permutation and combination).
However, the historians of mathematics differ in explaining some of the terms from the commentator, Abhayadeva Suri (1050 AD).
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