VEDIC
MATHEMATICS NEWSLETTER
ISSUE
No. 31
Vedic
Mathematics is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people are introduced
to the beautifully unified and easy Vedic methods. The purpose of this Newsletter
is to provide information about developments in education and research and books,
articles, courses, talks etc., and also to bring together those working with
Vedic Mathematics. If you are working with Vedic Mathematics - teaching it or
doing research - please contact us and let us include you and some description
of your work in the Newsletter. Perhaps you would like to submit an article
for inclusion in a later issue or tell us about a course or talk you will be
giving or have given.
If
you are learning Vedic Maths, let us know how you are getting on and what you
think of this system.
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This issue’s article is the home page
of www.geocities.com/vedicmathematics
a web site on Dr S. K. Kapoor’s work on Vedic Mathematics. Dr Kapoor has published
several books and most recently “Glimpses of Vedic Mathematics “ (see item later
in this newsletter)
Why Vedic Mathematics?
The questions which should be addressed are as to why the modern mathematics
is held up, why its logic recoils upon itself and why there are mathematical
problems, logical knots and mental blocks at all in the modern mathematical
approach?
Well known problems of modern mathematics may be cited as:
1. Everywhere continuous but nowhere differentiable functions
2. Hypercubes 1 to 7 increase but hypercube 8 onwards decrease
3. Space Filling Curves
4. Riemann Hypothesis
5. Goldbach's conjecture
Isn't it that these problems are there because of the axioms accepted by the
modern mathematics?
And then follows a question as to whether Vedic mathematics is in a position
to help the modern mathematics to come out of its mental block and to un-tie
its logical knots and to solve the problems?
The Vedic geometric concepts worked out in the books of Dr. Kapoor promise us
geometric comprehensions of our existence phenomenon transcending our existing
three space format. The real four and higher spaces formats of Vedic comprehensions
are new wonderful worlds of very rich mathematics which may ensure us powerful
technologies and much potentialised disciplines of knowledge. The basic comprehension
pointed out is the way the cosmic surface constitutes and binds the solid granules
as synthetic solids manifesting in the cosmos.
Dr. Kapoor is attempting to reconstruct the discipline of geometry as a discipline
based on Vedic concepts. He has designated this discipline as Vedic Geometry.
His results have added a new dimension to the dialogue initiated with the interpretation
of the Ganita Sutras and their potentialities brought to focus by Swami Bharti
Krisna Tirthaji Maharaj.
Dr. Kapoor's conclusion is that this all is there only because of the acceptance
of the geometric entity (monad) admitting no parts, and "1" has no
predecessor. To overcome this, as per him, the modern mathematics needs Vedic
mathematics' help to shift from monad without parts to a monad admitting parts.
The elliptic equations format y^2=x^3 is bound to give a conceptual slip and
this, as per him, can be well glimpsed by chasing the format of this equation
on simplex format to see how it is deceptive to appear to be so while as whole
numbers artifices parallel to the dimensional frames is well evident inequality.
As such, there is a need for the modern mathematics to re-address to itself
about the need for re-settlement of the basics to come out of the mental blocks
and logical knots to un-tie the knots and to transcend the blocks and to be
face to face with the wonderful worlds of reality awaiting ahead with all potentialities
of their structural richness. The parallelism between artifices of whole numbers
1 to 26 and 26 sporadic groups is there because of the cosmic surface
within the solids.
The recent academic research attempts and teaching experiments with the help
of Vedic mathematical operations demonstrate their potentialities to provide
the desired help.
The research results are bringing us nearer the traditional acceptance as that
Vedas are written on the rays of the Sun. Vedic mathematics, science & technology
is the mathematics, science & technology of the way the nature maintains
grand unification of the existence phenomenon on the Earth through the rays
of the Sun. It is in this grand design of the nature the individual Vedic mantras
are impulses of consciousness. This design maintains the continuity of the life
within human frame and beyond through the natural intelligence embedded in the
human mind and in the rays of Sun. This continuity and parallelism when chased
promises new wonderful experiential domains about new realities and the wonderful
domains to unfold for us new disciplines of mathematics, science & technology.
Vedic sounds are multidimensional domain frequencies from within the particular
dimensional frame as the structure of that domain. When the sounds are pronounced,
the frozen frequencies get initiated and the self-organizing power of the Vedic
sounds set the frequency's potentialisation process into action. It is this
process whose utilization is the aim of different Vedic scriptures.
Rig Ved Samhita is the first Vedic scripture. It is the first book of mankind.
The mathematics precedes the composition of Rig Ved Samhita. Vedic Mathematics
helped to transform the universal set of knowledge as a speaking language and
in the process it itself as well transformed as such and assimilated its identity
into the Vedas.
Within Vedas, all discipline of knowledge transform their identity and get assimilated
into the single discipline of organization of knowledge on geometric formats.
Vedic geometry and mathematics as such help us to work out these formats.
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NEWS
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COURSES
IN INDIA
Newspaper in Education (N.I.E) alongwith Padatik in Kolkata
will organize 3 days Vedic Maths workshops from June 9th to 11th
2003 with the support of World Academy for Vedic Mathematics which
is an integral part of International Research and Resource Foundation for
Indian Heritage, Nagpur who organised a series of 25 such workshops in the
country in December 2002 jointly with Motilal Banarsidass when
international experts on the subject, James Glover was specially invited
from U.K to conduct. For further details and registration please contact
Padatik in Kolkata # (033) 2247 6087 & 2240 4426 or MLBD Bookstore
in Kolkata # (033) 2282 4872. Look for next article announcement on June
6th in TOI. The workshops will be conducted by Dr Abhijit Das.
“GLIMPSES
OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS”
A
new book by Dr S. K. Kapoor entitled "Glimpses of Vedic Mathematics"
has recently been published. Dr Kapoor's work sees Vedic mathematics from a
geometrical viewpoint and uses higher dimensional spaces to describe transcendental
phenomena. Four, five and six space correspond to the worlds of Brahma, Shiva
and Vishnu respectively, and this book attempts to describe the transition from
4-space to 5-space. It has about 600 pages and is published by Arya Book Depot,
30 Naiwala, Karol Bagh, New Delhi - 110 005, India.
BIOGRAPHY
OF SRI BHARATI KRSNA TIRTHAJI
If
you are interested in buying a copy of this book it can be located through:
http://www.dkpd.com/
Enter
the ISBN into their search engine: 81-7018-931-4, including hyphens. It does
not seem to respond to the author or title.
VM
ARTICLE
A
good article on Vedic mathematics can be seen at: http://www.pims.math.ca/pi/
(click on Vedic Mathematics – you will need Acrobat Reader). The Author, Jeganathan Sriskandarajah, is an instructor at Madison
Area Technical College, Wisconsin, USA, where he recently organised the first
annual “Pi Day”.
COSMIC
CALCULATOR COURSE REPRINT
The
Cosmic Calculator course is due to be reprinted soon. If you are aware of any
corrections that need to be made to this or have any suggestions for improvement
please email Kenneth Williams at krwilliams@aol.com.
VM
RESEARCH
Mala
Nataraj whose research was featured in newsletter 30 has had approval to conduct
research into Vedic Mathematics multiplication methods for a paper for next
semester.
JAIN
MATHEMATICS
The
Jains of India had their own method of mathematics. If you know anything about
their system or can advise where to find out please let us know at news@vedicmaths.com
or Vipul Kocher at vkocher@adobe.com
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CORRESPONDENCE
I’m
a student studying in The International School, Bangalore. I approach you with
a certain question that I hope you would be able to answer. I m doing the international
baccalaureate program where I m subjected to write an essay on a research topic
so as to fulfil the program requirements.
My topic for the essay is "Should
school incorporate Vedic mathematics as a mandatory aspect of the curricula
or should it just be kept as a subsequent option?" so as to give an idea
of what I would be asking. Firstly, I would like to get your feed back on what
is so prominent about Vedic Mathematics that makes it so profound for logical
reasoning? Secondly, is it true that one of the cons in Vedic mathematics is
that it lacks in proving its nature, for which conventional mathematics is a
much more reliable source? Thirdly, I would like to know your 'frank' view in
promoting Vedic mathematics in Schools and other institutions.
REPLY
The
Vedic system as I understand it is based on sixteen sutras which sutras describe
natural functions of the mind; sixteen ways in which the mind naturally operates.
Mathematical constructs are mental entities, they are constructed by the mind,
so a system based on these natural mental functions is bound to be the most
efficient and most pleasant to us.
Conventional mathematics does not have a logical basis that has been demonstrated.
In the last century many paradoxes appeared which showed up the lack of proper
foundations in the conventional approach. Many attempts were made to give mathematics
proper foundations. Russell and whitehead for example tried to give sound logical
foundations to mathematics but they failed. The situation as far as I am aware
is still not satisfactorily resolved as far as modern mathematicians are concerned.
So I would say the Vedic system has a more reliable basis, it is easier, more
fun and more effective. I believe Vedic Mathematics should be taught in all
schools and other institutions. Whether it should be mandatory is an interesting
question. This is probably not necessary as it may create division and dissent:
many teachers naturally resist change and it may be better to just let people
gradually realise that the Vedic system is better. Vedic Mathematics will spread
because people like it and to force everyone to change can lead to problems.
WORKSHOPS
IN INDIA
If
you want to know about Vedic Mathematics Workshops or research in India send
an email to Mr R. P. Jain at mlbd@vsnl.com
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comments about this Newsletter are invited.
If
you would like to send us details about your work or submit an article or details
about a course/talk etc. for inclusion, please let us know on news@vedicmaths.com
Previous
issues of this Newsletter can be copied from the Web Site: www.vedicmaths.org
Some
articles from previous newsletters are:
Issue 1: An Introduction
Issue 2: "So What's so Special about Vedic Mathematics?"
Issue 3: Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji: More than a Mathematical Genius
Issue 4: The Vedic Numerical Code
Issue 6: The Sutras of Vedic Mathematics
Issue 7: The Vedic Square
Issue 8: The Nine Point Circle
Issue 11: Is Knowledge Essentially Simple?
Issue 14: 1,2,3,4: Pythagoras and the Cosmology of Number
Issue 16: Vedic Matrix
Issue 17: Vedic Sources of Vedic Mathematics
Issue 19: “Maths Mantra”
Issue 20: Numeracy
Issue 21: Only a Matter of 16 Sutras
Issue 22: Multiplication on the Fingertips
Issue 23: India’s System of Mental Mathematics
Issue 24: The Sign of Nine
Issue 25: Maharishi’s Vedic Mathematics
Issue 26: Foreword
Issue 27: The Absolute Number
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23rd
May 2003
