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Description
This book is designed for teachers of students in grades 9 to 14. It shows how Vedic Mathematics can be used in a school course but does not cover all school topics (see contents). The book can be used for teachers who wish to learn the Vedic system or to teach courses on Vedic mathematics for this level. Non-teachers who have a background knowledge of mathematics may also find it appropriate (see contents).
Topics included: calculus, series, logs and exponentials, trigonometry (including solving trig equations, proving identities), solution of equations (special types, quadratics, cubics, transcendental), complex numbers, coordinate geometry, transformation geometry, Simple Harmonic Motion, projectile motion, forces in equilibrium, work & moments, etc.
Details
269 + vi pages.
Size: 23cm by 15cm.
Paperback. 2009
Author: Kenneth Williams
ISBN 978-1-902517-18-6.
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Preface
This Manual is the third of three self-contained Manuals (elementary, intermediate and advanced) and is designed for adults with a good understanding of basic mathematics to learn or teach the Vedic system. So teachers could use it to learn Vedic Mathematics, or it could be used to teach a course on Vedic Mathematics. It is suitable for teachers of children aged about 13 to 18 years.
The eighteen lessons of this course are based on a series of one week summer courses given at Oxford University by the author to Swedish mathematics teachers between 1990 and 1995. Those courses were quite intensive consisting of eighteen, one and a half hour, lessons. Some of the material here is more advanced than would be given to the average 18 year old student but this is what the teachers wanted on the courses and so the same is given here.
The lessons in this book however probably contain more material than could be given in a one and a half hour lesson. The teacher/reader may wish to omit some sections, go through the material in a different sequence to that shown here or break up some sections.
All techniques are fully explained and proofs and explanations are given, the relevant Sutras are indicated throughout (these are listed at the end of this Manual) and, for convenience, answers are given after each exercise. Cross-references are given showing what alternative topics may be continued with at certain points.
It should also be noted that the Vedic system encourages mental work so we always encourage students to work mentally as long as it is comfortable. In the Cosmic Calculator Course pupils are given a short mental test at the start of most or all lessons, which makes a good start to the lesson, revises previous work and introduces some of the ideas needed in the current lesson. In the Vedic system pupils are encouraged to be creative and use whatever method they like.
Some topics will not be found in this text: for example, there is no section on area and volume. This is because the actual methods are the same as currently taught so that the only difference would be to give the relevant Sutra(s).
Introduction
Vedic Mathematics is an ancient system of mathematics which was rediscovered early last century by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (henceforth referred to as Bharati Krsna).
The Sanskrit word “veda” means “knowledge”. The Vedas are ancient writings whose date is disputed but which date from at least several centuries BC. According to Indian tradition the content of the Vedas was known long before writing was invented and was freely available to everyone. It was passed on by word of mouth. The writings called the Vedas consist of a huge number of documents (there are said to be millions of such documents in India, many of which have not yet been translated) and these have recently been shown to be highly structured, both within themselves and in relation to each other (see Reference 2). Subjects covered in the Vedas include Grammar, Astronomy, Architecture, Psychology, Philosophy, Archery etc., etc.
A hundred years ago Sanskrit scholars were translating the Vedic documents and were surprised at the depth and breadth of knowledge contained in them. But some documents headed “Ganita Sutras”, which means mathematics, could not be interpreted by them in terms of mathematics. One verse, for example, said “in the reign of King Kamse famine, pestilence and unsanitary conditions prevailed”. This is not mathematics they said, but nonsense.
Bharati Krsna was born in 1884 and died in 1960. He was a brilliant student, obtaining the highest honours in all the subjects he studied, including Sanskrit, Philosophy, English, Mathematics, History and Science. When he heard what the European scholars were saying about the parts of the Vedas which were supposed to contain mathematics he resolved to study the documents and find their meaning. Between 1911 and 1918 he was able to reconstruct the ancient system of mathematics which we now call Vedic Mathematics.
He wrote sixteen books expounding this system, but unfortunately these have been lost and when the loss was confirmed in 1958 Bharati Krsna wrote a single introductory book entitled “Vedic Mathematics”. This is currently available and is a best-seller (see Reference 1).
There are many special aspects and features of Vedic Mathematics which are better discussed as we go along rather than now because you will need to see the system in action to appreciate it fully. But the main points for now are:
1) The system rediscovered by Bharati Krsna is based on sixteen formulae (or Sutras) and some sub-formulae (sub-Sutras). These Sutras are given in word form: for example Vertically and Crosswise and By One More than the One Before. In this text they are indicated by italics. These Sutras can be related to natural mental functions such as completing a whole, noticing analogies, generalisation and so on.
2) Not only does the system give many striking general and special methods, previously unknown to modern mathematics, but it is far more coherent and integrated as a system.
3) Vedic Mathematics is a system of mental mathematics (though it can also be written down).
Many of the Vedic methods are new, simple and striking. They are also beautifully interrelated so that division, for example, can be seen as an easy reversal of the simple multiplication method (similarly with squaring and square roots). This is in complete contrast to the modern system. Because the Vedic methods are so different to the conventional methods, and also to gain familiarity with the Vedic system, it is best to practice the techniques as you go along.
Contents
PREFACE
LESSON 1 LEFT TO RIGHT CALCULATIONS
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 ADDITION
1.3 MULTIPLICATION
Advantages OF LEFT TO RIGHT CALCULATION
1.4 WRITING LEFT TO RIGHT SUMS
1.5 SUBTRACTION
1.6 DIGIT SUMS
1.7 CHECKING DEVICES
CHECKING SUBTRACTION SUMS
1.8 ALL FROM 9 AND THE LAST FROM 10
1.8a SUBTRACTION FROM A BASE
1.8b BAR NUMBERS
ADVANTAGES OF BAR NUMBERS
1.8c GENERAL SUBTRACTION
LESSON 2 SPECIAL METHODS
2.1 MULTIPLICATION NEAR A BASE
2.1a Numbers just below the base
2.1.b Above the base
2.1c Above and below
2.1d Proportionately
2.1e With different bases
2.2 MENTAL CALCULATIONS
2.3 SPECIAL NUMBERS
2.3a Repeating numbers
2.3b Proportionately
2.3c Disguises
2.4 DIVISION BY NINE
2.4a Adding Digits
2.4b A Short Cut
2.4c Dividing by 8
2.4d Algebraic Division
2.4e Dividing by 11, 12 etc.
LESSON 3 RECURRING DECIMALS
3.1 DENOMINATOR ENDING IN 9
3.2 A SHORT CUT
3.3 PROPORTIONATELY
3.4 LONGER NUMERATORS
3.5 DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 8, 7, 6
3.6 DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 1
3.7 DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 2, 3, 4
3.8 WORKING 2, 3 ETC. FIGURES AT A TIME
LESSON 4 TRIPLES
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Triples for 45°, 30° and 60°
4.3 Triple Addition
4.4 Double Angle
4.5 Variations of 3,4,5
4.6 Quadrant Angles
4.7 Rotations
LESSON 5 GENERAL MULTIPLICATION
5.1 TWO-Figure Numbers
Explanation/ The Digit Sum Check
5.2 Moving Multiplier
5.3 Algebraic PRODUCTS
The Digit Sum Check
5.4 Three-Figure Numbers
5.5 Four-Figure Numbers
5.6 Writing Left to Right Sums
5.7 From Right to Left
setting the sums out
5.8 Using Bar Numbers
LESSON 6 SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS
6.1 TRANSPOSE AND APPLY
6.1a SIMPLE EQUATIONS
6.1b MORE THAN ONE X TERM
6.2 SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
6.2a GENERAL SOLUTION
6.2b Special Types
6.3 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
6.4 ONE IN RATIO THE OTHER ONE ZERO
6.5 MERGERS
6.6 WHEN THE SAMUCCAYA IS THE SAME IT IS ZERO
6.6a Samuccaya as a common factor
6.6b Samuccaya as the Product of the Independent Terms
6.6c Samuccaya as the Sum of the Denominators
6.6d Samuccaya as a Combination or Total
Proof/ Extension
6.6e other types
6.7 THE ULTIMATE AND TWICE THE PENULTIMATE
6.8 ONLY THE LAST TERMS
6.9 SUMMATION OF SERIES
6.10 FACTORISATION
LESSON 7 SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS
7.1 Squaring 2-FIGURE NUMBERS
7.2 Algebraic Squaring
7.3 Squaring Longer Numbers
7.4 Written Calculations
7.4a Left to Right
7.4b Right to Left
7.5 Square Roots of Perfect Squares
LESSON 8 APPLICATIONS OF TRIPLES
8.1 Triple Subtraction
8.2 Triple Geometry
8.3 Angle Between Two Lines
8.4 Half Angle
8.5 Coordinate Geometry
8.5a Gradients
8.5b Length of Perpendicular
8.5c Circle Problems
8.5d Equation of a Line
8.6 Complex Numbers
LESSON 9 DIVISIBILITY
9.1 Elementary Parts
9.2 The Ekadhika
9.3 Osculation
Explanation
9.4 Testing Longer Numbers
9.5 Other Divisors
9.6 The Negative Osculator
9.7 OSCULATING WITH GROUPS OF DIGITS
LESSON 10 STRAIGHT DIVISION
10.1 Single Figure on the Flag
10.2 Short Division Digression
10.3 Longer Numbers
Multiplication Reversed
10.4 Decimalising the Remainder
10.5 Negative Flag Digits
10.6 Larger Divisors
10.7 Alebraic Division
LESSON 11 SQUARE ROOTS
11.1 Squaring
11.2 Square Root of a Perfect square
11.2a Preamble
11.2b Two-Figure Answer
Reversing Squaring
11.2c Three-Figure Answer
Reversing Squaring
11.3 General Square Roots
11.4 Changing the Divisor
Heuristic Proof
11.5 Algebraic Square Roots
LESSON 12 TRIPLE TRIGONOMETRY
12.1 COMPOUND ANGLES
12.2 INVERSE FUNCTIONS
12.3 THE GENERAL TRIPLE
12.4 TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
12.4a SIMPLE EQUATIONS
12.4b A SPECIAL TYPE
LESSON 13 COMBINED OPERATIONS
13.1 Algebraic
13.2 Arithmetic
13.2a SUMS OF PRODUCTS
13.2b ADDITION AND DIVISION
13.2c STRAIGHT DIVISION
13.2d MEAN AND MEAN DEVIATION
13.2e DIVIDING SUMS OF PRODUCTS
13,2f VARIANCE
13.3 Pythagoras’ Theorem
LESSON 14 SOLUTION OF POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS
14.1 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
14.1a x > 1
PROOF
14.1b x < –1
14.1c 0 < x < 1
14.1d 0 < x < 1 and x2 Coefficient > 1
14.1e –1 < x < 0
14.1f x LARGE
14.2 HIGHER ORDER EQUATIONS
14.2a CUBE ROOT
14.2b CUBIC EQUATIONS
A SIMPLIFICATION
A CUBIC WITH 0 < x < 1
14.2c QUINTICS
LESSON 15 CALCULUS METHODS
15.1 Partial Fractions
15.2 Integration by ‘Parts’
TRUNCATING
15.3 BINOMIAL AND MACLAURIN THEOREMS
15.4 Derivatives of a Product
15.5 Derivative of A Quotient
15.6 Differential Equations – 1
15.7 Differential Equations – 2
15.8 Limits 220
LESSON 16 APPLIED MATHEMATICS
16.1 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
16.2 PROJECTILES
16.3 FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM
16.4 WORK AND MOMENT
LESSON 17 TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
17.1 DERIVATIVES
17.2 SERIES EXPANSIONS
17.3 INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
17.3a DERIVATIVES
17.3b SERIES
17.4 EVALUATING TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
17.4a COSINE
17.4b SINE
17.4c INVERSE TANGENT
LESSON 18 TRIGONOMETRIC AND TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS
18.1 POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS
18.2 TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
18.3 TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS
KEPLER’S EQUATION
REFERENCES
SUTRAS AND SUB-SUTRAS
INDEX OF THE VEDIC FORMULAE
INDEX
Back Cover
¯ Vedic Mathematics was reconstructed from ancient Vedic texts early last century by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960). It is a complete system of mathematics which has many surprising properties and applies at all levels and areas of mathematics, pure and applied.
¯ It has a remarkable coherence and simplicity that make it easy to do and easy to understand. Through its amazingly easy methods complex problems can often be solved in one line.
¯ The system is based on sixteen word-formulae (Sutras) that relate to the way in which we use our mind.
¯ The benefits of using Vedic Mathematics include more enjoyment of maths, increased flexibility, creativity and confidence, improved memory, greater mental agility and so on.
This Advanced Manual is the third of three self-contained Manuals designed for teachers who wish to teach the Vedic system, either to a class or to other adults/teachers. It is also suitable for anyone who would like to teach themselves the Vedic methods.
