ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT THE ORIGINAL QUOTE IS:
“The learned Brahmins of
Hindostan are the real inventors of algebra”
DUE TO SECURLISM AND "CASTISM" (self hate) APPEASEMENT, THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS TOLD:
Indians were the
“real inventors of Algebra.”
MISREPRESENTATION ON HERE:
https://hinduonline.co/FactsAboutHin...thematics.html (beware of such sites)
NOW, IF YOU DIG DEEPER YOU WILL FIND THE ACTUAL QUOTE:
https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2019/...ancient-india/
https://bhavana.org.in/mathematics-in-india-6/
I HAVE NO OBJECTION WITH EITHER....ALTHOUGH, WHEN QUOTING GREAT THINKERS/MINDS...SAY IT AS IT IS..NO NEED TO MINCE WORDS!
THE REASON WHY I HAVE CREATED TWO VERSIONS, MANY HINDU SITES PROMOTE THE DISTORTED VERSION: "INDIANS" AND WHEN SOMEONE SEARCHES FOR THE MISREPRESENTED VERSION (search engines), THEY WILL SOON DISCOVER THE CORRECT VERSION.
...
Florian Cajori (1859 - 1930)
Swiss-American historian of mathematics said: Indians were the
“real inventors of Algebra.” | Based upon his reputation in the history of mathematics
even today his 1928–29 History of Mathematical
Notations has been described as "unsurpassed." |
Societies and Honors:
(1917–18) Mathematical Association of America president
(1923) American Association for the Advancement of Science vice-president
(1924–25) History of Science Society vice-president
(1929–30) Comité International d'Histoire des Sciences vice-president
the Cajori crater on the Moon was named in his honour
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Notes and references:
Book source: A history of mathematical notations
https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Mat.../dp/0486677664
Cajori, Florian. "The History of Notations of the Calculus." Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Ser., Vol. 25, No. 1 (Sep., 1923) |
www.SherawaliMaa.com
ACTUAL QUOTE:
History of Mathematics
Fifth Edition
By Florian Cajori · 2022
ISBN:9781470470593, 1470470594
https://www.amazon.com/History-Mathe.../dp/0821821024
