Vedic Mathematics and Sciences Lecture
Vedic Mathematics and Sciences
Lecture by Shri Ravi Kumar Iyer
University of Washington, 28th August
On Monday 28th August, Hindu YUVA, UW organized a lecture by Shri Ravi Kumar Iyer in Mary Gates Hall, University of Washington on Vedic Mathematics - the ancient mathematics and sciences developed in India.
Since 1982 Shri Ravi Kumar has been traveling in Asia Pacific regions of Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Gulf Countries. The audience of the packed room, comprised of employees from Microsoft, Amazon.com, UW faculty and students among others.
Vedic Mathematics deals with numerous smart formulas and tricks to perform calculations (e.g. multiplication and factorization of large numbers) amazingly fast. These ideas have received increasing attention because of the close connection between Computer Sciences and Mathematics. Interestingly, some British schools have introduced it as a part of the curriculum as well.
Shri Ravi Kumar described some of the 16 sutras from Vedic Mathematics in a simple, easy-to-understand fashion. He engaged the audience by asking them to perform the calculations themselves and soon had the audience rattling out answers to various complicated mathematical operations. These were cross-verified by other members of the audience who were handed out digital calculators. In one instance, he demonstrated the computation of 1/19 to a precision of 20 digits — a feat calculators could not perform because of their 10-digit precision.
Shri Ravi Kumar emphasized the need for further research in this area to unravel more of such hidden gems from Vedic literature. His presentation and the 16 sutras on which Vedic Mathematics is based can be downloaded from Hindu YUVA, UW website : http://students.washington.edu/uwhsc
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January 2nd, 2011 06:42
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