{"id":4656,"date":"2007-08-14T16:19:18","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T21:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4656"},"modified":"2007-08-14T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T23:52:45","slug":"it_all_came_fro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/14\/it_all_came_fro\/","title":{"rendered":"It All Came from India, Ch LVIX"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here’s another piece of ammo<\/a> for your “everything came from India” uncle – <\/p>\n\n

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Newton’s Infinite Series: We heard it in Malayalam first<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW DELHI: A group of Malayali scholars had predated a ground-breaking Newton ‘discovery’ by over 250 years, according a research paper published on Monday. \n

The team of researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Exeter reveal that the ‘Kerala School’ identified the ‘infinite series’- one of the basic components of calculus – in about 1350.<\/blockquote>\n\n

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p>And thus, by discovering one of the building blocks of calculus first, Mallu’s used the knowledge to, uh, well, uh, I’m not quite sure…. The researchers were quick to note that this discovery shouldn’t be used to reduce Newton’s stature but instead, add some brown names to the pantheon of genius –<\/p>\n\n

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[Dr George Gheverghese Joseph, one of the researcher and Honorary Reader, School of Education at The University of Manchester said,] “The brilliance of Newton’s work at the end of the seventeenth century stands undiminished – especially when it came to the algorithms of calculus. \n

“But other names from the Kerala School, notably Madhava, Valloppillil, and Nilakantha, should stand shoulder to shoulder with him as they discovered the other great component of calculus- infinite series.<\/blockquote>\n\n

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p>However, Dr. Joseph does note that perhaps, just perhaps, Newton wasn’t inspired by the proverbial apple at all –<\/p>\n\n

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…there is strong circumstantial evidence that the Indians passed on their discoveries to mathematically knowledgeable Jesuit missionaries who visited India during the fifteenth century. \n

That knowledge, they argue, may have eventually been passed on to Newton himself.<\/blockquote>\n\n

Let the attribution games begin! (Hat tip – Venkat & Sindhya) <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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