Vedic Mathematics Newsletter No. 141
A warm welcome to our new subscribers.
This issue’s article is titled IAVM NEWSLETTER FOR 2025. “2024 witnessed a surge of interest in Vedic Maths, particularly in India and the Philippines. From the launch of our 3-tier Diploma to the resounding success of the International Vedic Maths Olympiad, along with the continued impact of our Knowledge Series and annual conference, the past year has been truly inspiring.”
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NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL VEDIC MATHEMATICS ONLINE CONFERENCE 2025
The 11th Conference will be on 12th and 13th July this year.
NEW ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLE
The paper “The Vedic Osculators” by Kenneth Williams can be viewed here. This develops the 4 Vedic osculators from an algebraic perspective.
NEW ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLE
“Square Root of 2 - Extension of Ancient Indian Vedic Method” by Prof. Vikash Khatri, 2025.
This well-written and comprehensive paper is an in-depth study of the ancient Indian method of approximating the square root of 2 which has here been extended and developed in various ways.
NEW BOOKS: IGNITE MATH
The five books ‘Ignite Math’ by Muthuselvi Prabhu are now available, plus “Pre Primary”.
NEW BOOK: ‘OSCULATORS’
The book ‘Osculators’ by Kenneth Williams has been recently published.
See Details, Illustrative Examples, Contents etc. here.
PEBBLE MATHS IN NEW ZEALAND
I have had an amazing two week teaching trip to New Zealand and I’ve come home very happy and excited for the future of Pebble Maths in the Māori schools. I taught every day from nine till three for two weeks which is a big ask of myself, but it was such a joyful experience so it is not as difficult as I worried about. The school has children from five years to 18 years of age. 83 children in all so composite classes. This was a new experience for me also. The children only speak Māori at school so the knowledge of mathematical terms in English was a challenge. For example even 10÷9 equals one remainder one, I had to learn the Māori word for remainder. I am on a steep learning curve to assimilate as much of the language as I can, especially pertaining to arithmetic. The teachers were wonderful, enthusiastic, excited and willing to learn. A very far cry from what I usually come up against in my own backyard. So now going forward we need to translate the Pebble Maths teachers manual into the Māori language and incorporate their cultural legends regarding number and calculation. We are hoping to organise a teacher training seminar in the last week of the summer holidays that would be end of January. I have learned so much about the Māori people. Their big heartedness, kindness and love for their children. It was a transformative experience for me and it has been hard to settle back into my Monday existence here. I can’t stop thinking about them and I am looking forward so much to working with them again. I shall keep you informed as to the progress of the teaching seminar and the book translation.
EMAIL RECEIVED from Saša Janiška
Our U13 daughter has developed taste from maths and once, when I was explaining something to her, I mentioned calculus and upon hearing about it she became immediately attracted with the concept asking me to
explain it...
I did promise to do it "once"...then she told me one day while having a pause in the school between classes, she happened to be in the "computer" classroom and was researching on the Internet about Calculus to the great amazement of her peers.
Then I concluded to go in action as soon as possible trying to find some adequate material, but quickly I was reminded about "The Art of Calculus" which I purchased previously...
During her winter holidays we started working on the book… finished chapter 3 "Gradient of the Tangent" and provided "optimisation" example from the 4th chapter.
She likes it a lot and I derive a great pleasure teaching it...being sad for not having such a great material when was involved with the calculus...
Thank you very much for providing such great books about VM!
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ARTICLE FOR NEWSLETTER 141
IAVM NEWSLETTER FOR 2025
This can be viewed here (link at top of the page)
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Editor: Kenneth Williams
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24th February 2025
