Indian Mathematics
The Kerala School was based in this modern-day Indian state.
What is Kerala?
This branch of math studies how things change and how areas and curves are measured.
What is Calculus?
This is a sum of numbers that keeps going forever.
What is an Infinite Series?
This was the school of Indian scholars that worked on early calculus ideas in the 1300s–1500s.
What is the Kerala School?
In calculus, this tells you how fast something is changing. For example, finding the slope at some given point.
What is a Derivitive?
Madhava used an infinite series to find this number related to circles.
What is pi?
This Indian mathematician from Kerala found ways to calculate pi using series.
Who is Madhava?
This operation in calculus helps find areas under curves.
What is an Integral?
Who came up with infinite series?
Who is Madava
He improved the work of Madhava and wrote about planets using math.
Who is Nilakantha Somayaji?
Calculus often uses this idea to get closer and closer to a number.
What is a limit?
This time period is when Madava came up with the infinite series.
What is 1300CE - 1600CE?
This Kerala School scholar wrote a book that explained calculus-like ideas in Malayalam and supported step by step explanations
Who is Jyeshthadeva?
Before calculus was invented in Europe, Indian mathematicians used this method to get close answers.
What is an Approximation?
An infinite series for this wavy function helped describe motion.
What is sine?