Everyone knows about mathematics.No one can live without using mathematics. But have we ever wondered when mathematics appeared? … No one can say when mathematics appeared.This is because the first line of mathematics was a time-line. One referred to one as a give, two as a two-line, and three as a three-line.Ancient humans used the fingers of the hand to do addition and subtraction. Now the numbers we usually use are 1234, which are European numbers. They used 1 as ‘௧’,2 as ‘௨’, 3 as ‘௩’, 4 as ‘௪’, 5 as ‘௫’, 6 as ‘௬’ , 7 as ‘௭’, 8 as ‘௮’, and 9 as’௯’.We do not use them much. It is a well-known fact that Archimedes was the father of mathematics. He was a Greek mathematician who excelled in astronomy. Many would have thought that he was the first mathematician. At that time women also excelled in mathematics.That is, he is an astronomer, like Hipatia, the mother of mathematics. He is from Egypt.
Everyone knows about Pythagoras who lived in the 6th century. Although many mathematical geniuses came, only Pythagoras was proud to have turned mathematics into a subject. He introduced a system called the Pythagoras method. Pythagoras also called it Pythagorean tuning.That is, he claims that music can give a mathematical form. Pythagoras tuning means that the frequency ratios of all spaces are based on a ratio of 3: 2. Pythagoras was the only one who claimed that even music could be mathematically written.Brahmagupta, India’s first mathematician.He was the Indian mathematician who introduced zero to the world. The great mathematician lived in Tamil Nadu. He was Srinivasa Ramanujam. He was born in Erode district. He introduced more than 1000 methods to the world. We celebrate his birthday, December 22, as the National Mathematical Day of India.Similarly, October 15 is celebrated as World Mathematical Day by all the people of the world. Computer is the fastest computer in the world, but can you believe if someone can do accounts faster than the computer? … Yes, a woman who grows faster than the computer was born in India.Thus he has the nickname of the human computer.
One of the best symbols in mathematics is (Pi). This π is an infinite number whose value is 22/7 which we say is 3.14. π stands for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. ‘π – Day’ is celebrated on March 14 to mark this special π.Mathematics is very special. Mathematics is called ‘MATHEMATICS’ in English.
Every letter in the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ in English has a meaning. They are,
M – Miracle of Nature
A – Art of Arithmetic
T – Tool of Knowledge
H – Habit of Problem Solving
E – Evaluation of Civilization
M – Magic of Numbers
A – Application of Rules
T – Tool of Knowledge
I – Ideas of Intellect
C – Creativity of Algebra
S – Science of Learning
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