

dīrghasyākṣaṇayā rajjuH pārśvamānī, tiryaDaM mānī, cha yatpṛthagbhUte kurutastadubhayāṅ karoti.
Interestingly, Baudhāyana used a rope as an example in the above shloka which can be translated as - A rope stretched along the length of the diagonal produces an area which the vertical and horizontal sides make together. As you see, it becomes clear that this is perhaps the most intuitive way of understanding and visualizing Pythagoras theorem (and geometry in general) and Baudhāyana seems to have simplified the process of learning by encapsulating the mathematical result in a simple shloka in a layman's language (sanskrit was the language of choice back then).
Some people might say that this is not really an actual mathematical proof of Pythagoras

The diagonal of a rectangle produces by itself both (the areas) produced separately by its two sides.
The implications of the above statement are profound because it is directly translated into Pythagorean theorem (and graphically represented in the picutre on the left) and it becomes evident that


One thing that is really interesting is that Pythagoras was not credited for this theorem till atleast three centuries after! It was much later when Cicero and other greek philosophers/mathematicians/historians decided to tell the world that it was Pythagoras that came up with this theorem! How utterly ridiculous! In fact, later on many historians have tried to prove the relation between Pythagoras theorem and Pythagoras but have failed miserably. In fact, the only relation that historians have been able to trace it to is with Euclid, who again came many centuries after Pythagoras! This fact itself means that they just wanted to use some of their own to name this theorem after and discredit the much ancient Indian mathematicians without whose contribution it could've been impossible to create the very basis of algebra and geometry!
Many historians have also presented evidence for the fact that Pythagoras actually travelled to Egypt and then India and learned many important mathematical theories (including Pythagoras theorem) that western world didn't know of back then! So, it's very much possible that Pythagoras learned this theorem during his visit to India but hid his source of knowledge he went back to greece! This would also partially explain why greeks were so reserved in crediting Pythagoras with this theorem!
Looking at the implications of such fundamental laws like Pythagorean theorem that have been so grossly wrongly credited to greek mathematicians who have nothing to do with them, I wonder how many more other important ancient Indian discoveries and inventions have been wrongly credited so far!
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While searching information for my daughter’s school project, I looked for Indian Mathematicians and after reading about tham, I am amazed to note that they were simply out of this world and out of this time! They were so brilliant that even today some of their calculations could not be improved!
ReplyDeleteIndian Mathematicians in old times wrote their work in verses and in Sanskrit, the most perfect language in the world even today. Thus their work were accurately written and understood. They were also easy to remember as poetry is remembered better than prose!
There seems to be no documented evidence that Pythagorus ever visited India.Please do not quote Voltaire.Mere assertion won't do.
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I currently work for a multifaceted organization, which contains several different diverse business divisions. I created 5 mathematical metrics to access each divisions performance standards. The General Manager of my organization was impressed, and asked where my first metric had come from, I explained to him that I wrote it, and I also mentioned step by step how I created it. Several weeks later he emailed another professional organization my metric, but gave the credit of my work to another source, and then also mentioned that he modified the metric from that source to suit our organization. I was completely heartbroken that he would do this. I have dark skin, and he is a white European. Some Europeans possess a racist, ego centric view, which renders them incapable of giving credit to any other culture besides their own, especially when it comes to any mathematical, scientific, or intellectual brilliance. This article features a mathematical crime that occurred several hundred years ago, but unfortunately as we can see from my personal experience, some Europeans are still willing to conduct this same exact crime of intellectual theft. In the end, the organization which my employer showed the metrics to, asked for more information about the mathematical concepts, and he could not explain the math correctly, but had to admit that I actually came up with the concept, this was how I finally got the credit, and acknowledgement for my work.
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