Here is an interesting conversation on this: http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=21821
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— On Sun, 5/11/08, VBSUDR wrote: >To: agniirk@…, ammanmadan@…, amman@…, “Prof. Krishna Kumar” , sharadbehar@… >Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 3:05 PM > Dear Friends, > Higher Education in this country is in >deep crisis. On the one hand, there is a >gradual loss of purpose in the Institutions >not…
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— On Mon, 19/5/08, rajchak1 <rajchak1@…> wrote: Subject: [indiantheory] Re: Brahmagupta 2) More important: What is your opinion of the Wikipedia history of Indian mathematics and how can it be revised to diminish what you describe as its Eurocentric focus? Raj: Let us try and put together the two things:…
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Euclid is one of the pillars of the story that mathematics originated in Greece. But Euclid is a fake. Ask yourself: do you really know of any evidence of Euclid?
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— On Mon, 19/5/08, rajchak1 rajchak1@… wrote: Subject: [indiantheory] Re: Brahmagupta