--- Goanet Events <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Research shows that the application of Vedic > mathematics makes use of both parts of the brain. So > versatile is this science that it has been >incorporated in the educational syllabi of many > countries worldwide. >
Not only is the above claim about brain research on "Vedic Mathematics" bogus, but, as pointed out earlier on several occasions in this forum, the so-called Vedic Mathematics itself is a sham. I wish the International Centre of Goa University had not played any role in disseminating such misinformation. In the interest of presenting a balanced view on this subject and of basic intellectual honesty, I would kindly request the organizers of this event to invite Dr. S. G. Dani of the School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research to present his findings on this matter. To set the record straight here, once again, I reproduce below a slightly modified version of one of my previous posts. My criticism of "Vedic Mathematics", informed by reading what the respected Indian scholars Jayant Narlikar and S. G. Dani have written, is that it has nothing to do with the Vedas, and it has very little to do with real mathematics. The sutras and upasutras included in it, appear to have entirely been the concoctions of a 20th century Shankaracharya. His claim that they are contained in an appendix of the Atharva Veda is now recognized as fraudulent, because they are nowhere to be found in any edition of the Atharva Veda. When asked, the Shankacharya appears to have claimed that they were found only in his special personal edition of the Atharva Veda, which nobody has seen. Moreover, the sutras and upasutras are written in a cryptic allegorical form, and therefore can have multiple interpretations, none of which have to have anything to do with mathematics. For example, one sutra is just a phrase containing two words "Ekadhikena Purvena". Literally, it only means one more than the previous one. However, the Shankaracharya interprets this to mean a method of decimal expansion of certain types of fractions, namely 1/19, 1/29, 1/39 and so on. Please read the noted Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar's book "The Scientific Edge - The Indian Scientist from Vedic to Modern Times", to find out more about this. Cheers, Santosh --- Goanet Events <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ABOUT VEDIC MATHEMATICS: > > Vedic Mathematics is the name given to the ancient > system of Mathematics > which was rediscovered from the Vedas between 1911 > and 1918 by Sri Bharati > Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960). According to his > research all of mathematics is > based on sixteen Sutras or word-formulae. These > formulae describe the way > the mind naturally works and are therefore a great > help in directing the > student to the appropriate method of solution. > > Vedic Mathematics is as alternative way of learning > mathematics based on > Sanskrit religious texts. A system which is far more > simpler and enjoyable > than modern mathematics. Research shows that the > application of Vedic > mathematics makes use of both parts of the brain. So > versatile is this > science that it has been incorporated in the > educational syllabi of many > countries worldwide. > > > The International Centre, Goa > Goa University Road, Dona Paula Post Office, > Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004, INDIA > Phone: +91 832 2452805 to 2452810 > Fax: +91 832 2452 812 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >