David Stump
University of San Francisco
>Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:36:12 -0600
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>From: Warren Schmaus <schmaus@CHARLIE.CNS.IIT.EDU>
>Subject: Vedic mathematics?
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>I've got a student from the subcontinent who tells me that in Vedic
>mathematics, there was a method for solving equations that sort of
>resembled the way Europeans used determinants, but that since there was
>no proof or justification for these procedures in India, that Europeans
>did not take them seriously when they learned of them. Does anyone on the
>list know anything about this topic?
>
>Warren Schmaus
>Professor of Philosophy
>Department of Humanities
>Illinois Institute of Technology
>3301 S Dearborn
>Chicago, IL 60616
>(312) 567-3473
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David J. Stump
Department of Philosophy
University of San Francisco phone (415) 422-6153
San Francisco, CA 94118 FAX (415) 422-2346
USA email stumpd@usfca.edu