Origin of Vedic Mathematics
Origin of Vedic Maths or Vedic Ganit
At the beginning of the twentieth century, when there was a great interest in the Sanskrit texts in Europe, Bharati Krsna Swamiji tells us some scholars ridiculed certain texts which were headed 'Ganita Sutras'- which means mathematics. They could find no mathematics in the translation and dismissed the texts as rubbish. Bharati Krsna Swamiji, who was himself a scholar of Sanskrit, Mathematics, History and Philosophy, studied these texts and after lengthy and careful investigation was able to reconstruct the mathematics of the Vedas. According to his research all of mathematics is based on sixteen Sutras, or word-formulae.
Bharati Krsna wrote sixteen volumes expounding the Vedic system, which you can find in the book named Vedic Mathematics by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji. These sutras were unaccountably lost and when the loss was confirmed in his final years he wrote a single book: Vedic Mathematics, currently available. It was published in 1965, five years after his death. The term Vedic Mathematics now refers to a set of sixteen mathematical formulae or sutras and their corollaries derived from the Vedas.
You can find more details about Origin of Vedic Maths here at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharati_Krishna_Tirtha's_Vedic_mathematics
Division in Vedic Mathematics
There are so many shortcuts for multiplication but hardly any shortcuts for division. Nandeesh has translated a Sanskrit Sutra to reduce long division to one line short-cut. Join me in thanking him for his great efforts.
Long Division reduced to one-line shortcut
Example 1: 716769 ÷ 54.
Reduce the divisor 54 to 5 pushing the remaining digit 4 “on top of the flag” (Dhvajanka so to say).
Corresponding to the number of digits flagged on top (in this case, one), the rightmost part of the number to be divided is split to mark the placeholder of the decimal point or the remainder portion.
Let us walk through the steps of this example:
716769 ÷ 54 = 13273.5
Quick Multiplication up to 20 x 20
“I’m having trouble above 10x10.”
This was a statement I heard many times while interacting with students preparing for competitive examinations including CAT. This was in response to my appeal to them to memorize tables up to 20x20.
Today I am posting here on QuickerMaths.com, the method which I recommend to my students too.
How to multiply up to 20x20 in your head?
Assumption: You know your multiplication table reasonably well up to 10×10.
I am trying to explain this with an example,
Quicker Maths by M Tyra
Today, let me confess something to all of you. I am sure this will help all the readers.
So here I go. This is regarding the name of the website - QuickerMaths.com. It is inspired by the name of the best mathematics books I have ever come across. This book helped me a lot in clearing CAT and reaching to IIM. The inspiration of creating an interactive platform (QuickerMaths.com) came from this book. As a token of appreciation and to do my bit today I will tell you about this book named -
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About the book: The book will be a boon for the aspirants of today’s competitive exams irrespective of their background – whether they come from arts, science or commerce stream. Concepts have been clarified so well, that even if one is vaguely familiar with them as in the case of non-mathematics students, understanding will not be a problem. Direct formulae are beneficial for one and all. They save time and time is precious for everyone.
Must for Competitive Preparation
The book is profusely illustrated. Avoiding the temptation for haste and ending up with a cookbook, the author has put in two years of intensive effort and research. Ideas have been taken from available study material, number theory, readers’ suggestions and, finally Vedic mathematics.
Recently I purchased the latest edition of this book from online book store Flipkart.com
Those who have already read this book please give your feedback to help others.
Take the Link Challenge – Win a Book
Take the Link Challenge
Today I thought it might be fun to do a bit of a fun challenge.
The challenge is very simple – You have to find the websites, blogs, web pages, etc. linking to QuickerMaths.com (QM) or any of its post.
As your answers you have to just paste the URL (link) of the website or blog where you have seen QM link.
Rules:
- The link might be a blogroll link like the one in the image below on fireup blog
2. Link within the text referring to QM. That could be because someone copied any post from QM and pasted it elsewhere.
The figure below shows an example of this on forum of www.caclubindia.com
- The link can be on a social networking site like facebook, orkut, etc. posted by you or someone else.
- The link could be a simple mention of the link - http://www.quickermaths.com or www.quickermaths.com or quickermaths.com
(But it should be a link and not simple text)
*You can even give the link of websites or blogs where you yourself have give QM’s link. When you posted the link doesn’t matter.
**Links present on QuickerMaths.com website will not be considered.
I assure you it will be a fun filled experience and your “googling” skills will improve a lot.
The winner will get the most amazing book on Vedic Mathematics by the father of Vedic Maths - Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja
Vedic Maths book
To know more about the book – visit http://vedicmathsindia.org/view_detail1.htm
While giving your responses as comment below –
- Mention your full name in name space
- Mention your email address in email space
- Mention http://www.quickermaths.com in the website space
I will collect the address after announcing the winner to send the prize.
Vedic Mathematics Techniques for Finding HCF
Vedic Maths Trick to find the HCF of Algebraic Expressions
To appreciate the Vedic Maths process of finding the HCF you first need to know the other methods taught in school. I am giving you two other methods to compare with.
Example 1: Find the H.C.F. of x^2 + 5x + 4 and x^2 + 7x + 6.
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I am Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com(H). My passion for Mathematics, specially Vedic Maths encouraged me to start QuickerMaths
I believe that if trained properly using powerful tools like Vedic Maths, the immense intellect of human mind can be ignited instantly - find out more
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