2023 ⟶ India's Chandrayaan-3 Lands on Lunar South Pole

August 23: ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 lands on the lunar south pol...
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🔢 Fibonacci Sequence Appears in Indian Mathematics (Mātrāmeru)

The Fibonacci numbers and their sequence first appear in Indian mathematics as mātrāmeru, mentioned by Pingala in connection with the Sanskrit tradition of prosody.⟶
Fibonacci Sequence Appears in Indian Mathematics (Mātrāmeru) (-116)
MathematicsNumber TheorySanskrit
IndiaIndia

🔢 Pingala's Discovery of Binary Numbering

Pingala was the first who accidentally discovered binary numbers in which he used laghu(light) and guru(heavy) rather than 0 and 1.⟶
MathematicsBinary CodeNumber TheorySanskritComputingIndian Mathematics
IndiaIndia

⚗️ Madhava of Sangamagrama Develops Taylor Series and Calculates Pi

Madhava of Sangamagrama develops the Taylor series, and derives the Taylor series representation for the sine, cosine and arctangent functions, and uses it to produce the Leibniz series for π.⟶
Madhava of Sangamagrama Develops Taylor Series and Calculates Pi (1380)
MathematicsKerala School of Astronomy and MathematicsCalculusPiTrigonometry
IndiaIndia

👶 India's Population Reaches One Billion

May 11: India becomes the second country to reach 1 billion people.⟶
India's Population Reaches One Billion (2000)
DemographicsPopulation GrowthOverpopulationDeveloping World
IndiaIndia

🚀 China Returns Moon Samples with Chang'e 5

China launches Chang'e 5 and becomes the third country after the US and the Soviet Union to return samples of the moon.⟶
China Returns Moon Samples with Chang'e 5 (2020)
Space ExplorationLunar ExplorationAstronomySpace Race
ChinaChina

🚀 India's Chandrayaan-3 Lands on Lunar South Pole

August 23: ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 lands on the lunar south pole making India the 4th nation to successfully soft land on the Moon.⟶
India's Chandrayaan-3 Lands on Lunar South Pole (2023)
Space ExplorationMoon LandingSpace RaceScientific Achievement
IndiaIndia