What is truly pitiable are your asinine answers to her valid questions.
-Law of the hypotenuse was NOT stated by Pythagoras.
-Bījagaṇita was NOT invented by al-Khwārizmī. He was a mere commentator.
-It was the Vedic mathematician Baudhayana(~1700 BCE) who discovered both.
-Law of the hypotenuse was NOT stated by Pythagoras.
-Bījagaṇita was NOT invented by al-Khwārizmī. He was a mere commentator.
-It was the Vedic mathematician Baudhayana(~1700 BCE) who discovered both.
-Baudhayana was the first mathematician to state the law. His successor Apasthamba(~1600 BCE) was the first mathematician to state the Baudhayana theorem WITH proof.
-Baudhayana also stumbled upon Proto-Bījagaṇita . He investigated the basic forms (ax^2=c) and (ax^2+bx=c)
-Baudhayana also stumbled upon Proto-Bījagaṇita . He investigated the basic forms (ax^2=c) and (ax^2+bx=c)
Sulba Sutras are appendages to mathematical sections of older Brahmana texts with complex altar constructions(~2000 BCE)
-The math & metrology of Vedic texts are found applied ONLY IN Mature Harappan cities(2600–1900 BCE)
-The antiquity of this Indian knowledge is indisputable
-The math & metrology of Vedic texts are found applied ONLY IN Mature Harappan cities(2600–1900 BCE)
-The antiquity of this Indian knowledge is indisputable
You cannot speak about the origins of Algebra without directly acknowledging its Indian provenance-whether you speak from ignorance, agenda or sheer academic dishonesty. It is a continuance of racist colonial history writing that we cannot suffer anymore.
