-116 ⟶ Pingala's Discovery of Binary Numbering

Pingala was the first who accidentally discovered binary num...
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🔢 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

🔢 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

📐 Kerala School Develops Convergence Tests for Infinite Series

The Kerala school develops convergence tests for infinite series.⟶
MathematicsInfinite SeriesCalculusIndian Mathematics
IndiaIndia

♾️ Madhava of Sangamagrama Calculates Infinite Series for Pi

Madhava of Sangamagrama found pi and that it was infinite.⟶
Madhava of Sangamagrama Calculates Infinite Series for Pi (1480)
MathematicsPiInfinite SeriesMathematical Innovation
IndiaIndia