Encyclopedia - Madhava Of Sangamagrama: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhava Of Sangamagrama - Contributions
He discovered the infinite series for arctan and sin and many methods for calculating the circumference of the circle. One of Madhava's s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati
Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621) was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer and mathematician of his time. He was a student of Jyestad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhava Of Sangamagrama: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhava Of Sangamagrama - Kerala School Of Astronomy And Mathematics
Main article: Kerala school Madhava founded the Kerala school, which included as its prominent members Parameswara, Neelakanta Somayaji, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhava: Encyclopedia - Madhava
Madhava is a name that can refer to: Vishnu The fourteenth century Indian mathematician, Madhava of Sangamagrama Other related archiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia Ii - Achyuta Pisharati - Works
He discovered the technique of 'the reduction of the ecliptic'. He authored Sphuta-nirnaya (sphuta roughly meaning component parts<!no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia Ii - Achyuta Pisharati - Narayaneeyam
Pisharati is known to have scolded and provoked an errant Narayana to take up the Brahmin's duties of prayer and religious practices. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parameshvara: Encyclopedia - Parameshvara
Parameshvara (परमेश्वर) (1360-1425) was a major Indian mathematician of Madhava of Sangamagrama's Kerala school. He prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Calculus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Calculus - Controversy Newton Leibnitz... Or Madhava?
Madhava of Sangamagrama and the Kerala school were the first to come up with the important ideas of calculus in the 14th century and some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taylor Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Taylor Series - Taylor Series For Several Variables
The Taylor series may also be generalised to functions of more than one variable with A second-order Taylor series expansion of a scal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taylor Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Taylor Series - List Of Taylor Series Of Some Common Functions
Several important Taylor/Maclaurin series expansions follow. All these expansions are also valid for complex arguments x. Exponential fun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taylor Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Taylor Series - Properties
If this series converges for every x in the interval (a − r, a + r) and the sum is equal to f(x), then the function f(x) is called anal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mathematical Analysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematical Analysis - History
Greek mathematicians such as Eudoxus and Archimedes made informal use of the concepts of limits and convergence when they used the method...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taylor Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Taylor Series - Calculation Of Taylor Series
Several methods exist for the calculation of Taylor series of a large number of functions. One can attempt to use the Taylor series as-is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium: Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium
(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium: Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium
(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mathematical Analysis: Encyclopedia - Mathematical Analysis
Analysis is the generic name given to any branch of mathematics which depends upon the concepts of limits and convergence, and studies cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India
Science and technology in ancient India covered all the major branches of human knowledge and activities, including mathematics, astronom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1425: Encyclopedia - 1425
1425 - Events. Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Masaccio writes The Holy Trinity (added by Mei) 1425 - Birt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - A
List of mathematicians - Aa — Ac. Abakanowicz, Bruno (Poland, 1852 – 1900) Abdelkader, Mostafa A. (?, ? – ) Abel, Niels Hen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri: Encyclopedia Ii - Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri - The Legend
Melputhoor Narayana Bhattapathar is believed to have proceeded to the Guruvayoor Temple, located in Kerala state, India, on 19th Chingam ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurocentrism - Origins
Assumptions of European superiority arose during the period of European imperialism, which started slowly in the 16th century, accelerate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Calculus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Calculus - Invention Of Calculus
Many of the results of Newton and Leibniz were known to mathematicians in Kerala, India almost 300 years previously. In 1835, Charles Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parameshvara: Encyclopedia Ii - Parameshvara - Work
Parameshvara's teachers included Rudra, Madhava and Narayana Pundit. Parameshvara wrote many commentaries on many mathematical and astron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Mathematics
Mathematics represents a very high level of abstraction attained by human brain. In ancient India, roots to mathematics can be traced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - R
List of mathematicians - Ra. Raabe, Joseph Ludwig (Switzerland, 1801 – 1859) Racah, Giulio (Israel, 1909 – 1965) Radau, Rodolphe (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - S
List of mathematicians - Sa. Saá, Diego (?, ? – ) Saccheri, Giovanni Gerolamo (Italy, 1667 – 1733) Sacks, Gerald (USA, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - P
List of mathematicians - Pa. Pacioli, Luca (Italy, 1445 – 1517) Padé, Henri (France, 1863 – 1953) Padoa, Alessandro (Italy, 1868 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - N
List of mathematicians - Na — Ne. Nagata, Masayoshi (Japan, ? – ) Nahavandi, Ahmad (Persia, ? – 845) Naimark, Mark (Uk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - M
List of mathematicians - Ma. Mac Lane, Saunders (USA, 1909 – 2005) Macaulay, Francis Sowerby (England, ? – ) MacAuley, Alexan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - T
List of mathematicians - Ta. Tacquet, André (Belgium, 1612 – 1660) Taguchi, Genichi (?, 1924 – ) Tahan, Malba (Brazil, 1895 – 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - O
List of mathematicians - Oa — Om. Obreshkov, Nikola (?, 1896 – 1963) Odlyzko, Andrew (USA, ? – ) Oesterlé, Joseph (?, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - W
List of mathematicians - Wa. Wada, Hideo (Japan, ? – ) van der Waerden, Bartel Leendert (Netherlands, 1903 – 1996) Wagner, Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Chemistry
Ancient India’s development in chemistry was not confined at an abstract level like physics, but found development in a variety of prac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Physics
The root to the concept of atom in ancient India is derived from the classification of material world in five basic elements by ancient I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - Z
List of mathematicians - Za. Zadeh, Lotfi (Azerbaijan, 1921 – ) Zadeh, Qazi (Persia, 1364 – 1436) Zagier, Don (USA, 1951 – ) Zah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - Y
List of mathematicians - Ya — Yo. Yasuaki, Aida (Japan, 1747 – 1817) Yates, Frank (?, 1902 – 1994) Yates, Samuel (?, ? – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - L
List of mathematicians - La. de La Condamine, Charles Marie (France, 1701 – 1774) de La Hire, Philippe (France, 1640 – 1719) de La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - V
List of mathematicians - Va. Vacca, Giovanni (Italy, 1872 – 1953) Vailati, Giovanni (Italy, 1863 – 1909) de la Vallée-Poussin, Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - K
List of mathematicians - Ka. Kac, Mark (Poland, 1914 – 1984) Kaczmarz, Stefan (Poland, 1895 – 1940) Kaczynski, Theodore (USA, 1942...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Calculus: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Calculus - Integrals
Niels Henrik Abel seems to have been the first to consider in a general way the question as to what differential expressions can be integ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Medicine & Surgery
Ayurveda as a science of medicine owes its origins in ancient India. Ayurveda consists of two Sanskrit words – ‘ayur’ meaning age o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Fine Arts
Max Muller, a German Indologist has once declared that “ If I am asked which nation had been advanced in the ancient world in respect o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurocentrism - Instances
Cartesian maps have been designed throughout known history to center the northwestern part of Europe (most notably Great Britain) in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Civil Engineering & Architecture
India’s urban civilization is traceable to Mohenjodaro and Harappa, now in Pakistan, where planned urban townships existed 5000 years b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurocentrism: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurocentrism - Challenging Eurocentric Models
During the same period that European writers were claiming paradigmatic status for their own history, European scholars were also beginni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - B
List of mathematicians - Ba. Babai, Laszló (Hungary/USA, ? – ) Babbage, Charles (England, 1791 – 1871) Bacaloglu, Emanoil (R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - C
List of mathematicians - Ca. Cabeo, Niccolo (Italy, 1586 – 1650) Caffarelli, Luis (?, ? – ) Cajori, Florian (USA, 1859 – 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - H
List of mathematicians - Ha. Haar, Alfréd (Hungary, 1885 – 1933) Haavelmo, Trygve (Norway, 1911 – 1999) Haberman, Steven (Britain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - J
List of mathematicians - Ja. Jackson, Steve (USA, ? – ) Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jakob (Germany, 1804 – 1851) Jacobson, Nathan (US...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - G
List of mathematicians - Ga. Gabbay, Dov (?, ? – ) Gale, David (?, ? – ) Galerkin, Boris Grigoryevich (Russia, 1871 – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - F
List of mathematicians - Fa. Faà di Bruno, Francesco (Italy, 1825 – 1888) di Fagnano, Giulio Carlo de' Toschi (Italy, 1682 – 1766...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - D
List of mathematicians - Da. Daemen, Joan (?, 1965 – ) Damm, Arvid Gerhard (?, ? – ) Dandelin, Germinal Pierre (Belgium/Nethe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - E
List of mathematicians - Ea — Ef. Easley, Annie (USA, 1933 – ) Echegaray, José (Spain, 1832 – 1916) Eckler, A. Ross (?, 1901 �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Shipbuilding & Navigation
A panel found in Mohenjodaro depicts a sailing craft, and thousands of years later Ajanta murals also depict a sea-faring ship. The scien...   » Read the article