These problems are proposed simply for pleasure; the wise man can invent a thousand others, or he can solve the problems of others by the rules given here. As the sun eclipses the stars by his brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the fame... A history of elementary mathematics - Page 100by Florian Cajori - 1896 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1893 - 478 pages
...Answer, 72. The pleasing poetic garb in which all arithmetical problems are clothed is due to the Indian practice of writing all schoolbooks in verse, and...algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them." The Hindoos solved problems in interest, discount, partnership, alligation, summation of arithmetical and... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1898 - 512 pages
...Answer, 72. The pleasing poetic garb in which all arithmetical problems are clothed is due to the Indian practice of writing all schoolbooks in verse, and...algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them." The Hindoos solved problems in interest, discount, partnership, alligation, summation of arithmetical and... | |
| Education - 1908 - 874 pages
...others, or he can solve the problems of others by the rules given here. As the sun eclipses the stars in brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the...fame of others in assemblies of the people, if he solves them." Has this sentence from Brahmagupta, written twelve centuries ago, no lesson for us? Without... | |
| Robert Édouard Moritz - Mathematics - 1914 - 436 pages
...Geometric of the most ancient Philosopher Euclide ofMegara (London, 1570), Note to the Reader. 320. As the sun eclipses the stars by his brilliancy, so...algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them. — BRAHMAGUPTA. Quoted in Cajori's History of Mathematics (New York, 1897), p. 92. 321. So highly... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1917 - 344 pages
...Lilavali: "The square root of half the number of bees in a swarm has flown out upon a jessamine-bush, -| of the whole swarm has remained behind ; one female...he solves them." The Hindus were familiar with the Eule of Three, with the computation of interest (simple and compound), with alligation, with the fountain... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1919 - 562 pages
...school-books in verse, and especially to the fact that these problems, propounded as puzzles, were a favorite social amusement. Says Brahmagupta: "These problems...problems, and still more if he solves them." The Hindus solved problems in interest, discount, partnership, alligation, summation of arithmetical and geometric... | |
| Morris Kline - Mathematics - 1990 - 434 pages
...Elsevier Press, 1952. 9 The Mathematics of the Hindus and Arabs As the sun eclipses the stars by its brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the...algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them. BRAHMAGUPTA 1 . Early Hindu Mathematics The successors of the Greeks in the history of mathematics... | |
| C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - Mathematics - 1998 - 506 pages
...in your heart, why should they be? The Plays of JM Barrie Quality Street Act II (p. 115) Brahmagupta As the sun eclipses the stars by his brilliancy, so...algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them. Quoted in Florian Cajori A History of Mathematics The Hindus (p. 92) Butler, Samuel And wisely tell... | |
| Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1999 - 540 pages
..."These problems are proposed simply for pleasure; the wise man can invent a thousand others, or he tan solve the problems of others by the rules given here....problems, and still more if he solves them." The Hindus solved problems in interest, discount, partnership, alligation, summation of arithmetical and geometric... | |
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