tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post433169201093210005..comments2023-11-03T11:10:05.152+00:00Comments on JOST A MON: Madhava's Mnemonic MathematicsFëanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-8327135664636182162010-12-04T09:33:39.130+00:002010-12-04T09:33:39.130+00:00shreevatsa: thanks a ton for that. I can't spe...shreevatsa: thanks a ton for that. I can't speak for Plofker, but I didn't forget - I actually didn't know.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-15458729503247751212010-12-04T06:20:05.363+00:002010-12-04T06:20:05.363+00:00You (or Plofker) forgot to say why this is a mnemo...You (or Plofker) forgot to say <i>why</i> this is a mnemonic, better than memorizing the digits themselves: the verse is actually in perfect <i>metre</i>, appropriate for chanting and remembering. Most Sanskrit works, even technical and scientific works, were composed in metrical verse and meant to be memorized, as they were transmitted orally. (This is why they would be terse ("sutras"), with separate prose commentaries explaining what the verses you had memorized meant.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-36054933099646207002010-11-01T06:30:34.117+00:002010-11-01T06:30:34.117+00:00Thanks for the links and references, Milieu. I'...Thanks for the links and references, Milieu. I'll check 'em out.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-59591867858189384452010-10-27T17:38:04.817+01:002010-10-27T17:38:04.817+01:00Hi,
No, this seems to be the work by P.P. Divakar...Hi,<br /><br />No, this seems to be the work by P.P. Divakaran, who appears to be a visitor at IUCAA. http://www.iucaa.ernet.in:8080/iucaa/jsp/Visitors.jsp<br /><br />I don't have much more info but I found the paper quite interesting.<br />Also related, <br />http://www.iias.nl/nl/44/IIAS_NL44_46.pdfmilieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029969621924505200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-80352895541038591022010-10-27T14:50:34.260+01:002010-10-27T14:50:34.260+01:00Thanks for that. Is that the Plofker presentation?...Thanks for that. Is that the Plofker presentation? I knew she was speaking at the ICM, but didn't realise the presentation was available online. That site is horribly slow, I find.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-31265785125183309262010-10-27T14:41:00.737+01:002010-10-27T14:41:00.737+01:00Just shows the importance of religion in all aspec...Just shows the importance of religion in all aspects of indian life!<br /><br />You might also be interested in this article about the school of mathematics founded by madhava.<br /><br />http://www.icm2010.org.in/wp-content/icmfiles/uploads/CIRCLE.pdfmilieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029969621924505200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-35220755739510629172010-10-27T13:22:59.472+01:002010-10-27T13:22:59.472+01:00Sorry, that should have been 33. I've correcte...Sorry, that should have been 33. I've corrected. I'm not sure what kind of 'standard pantheon' it is - more accurately the Vedic pantheon, I guess. But <a href="http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/vedicgods.asp" rel="nofollow">check this out</a>: eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati Brahma.Fëanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-14839679816422295742010-10-27T12:58:34.605+01:002010-10-27T12:58:34.605+01:00Impressive. (I actually had to google for "ni...Impressive. (I actually had to google for "nikharva"...how did that word not come up in my middle school Sanskrit lessons?)<br /><br />BTW, how is 32 the "standard pantheon"?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.com