Indijska matematika

Indijska matematika se razvila na Indijskom potkontinentu^[1] od 1200. pr. Kr. ^[2] sve do kraja 18. stoljeća.

Povijest

U klasičnom razdoblju indijske matematike (400. - 1200.) su zabilježena značajna postignuća zahvaljujući učenjacima kao što su Aryabhata, Brahmagupta i Bhaskara II. Dekadski brojevni sustav koji se koristi danas^[3] se prvi put koristio u indijskoj matematici.^[4] Indijski matematičari su dali rani doprinos proučavanju koncepta nule kao broja,^[5] negativnih brojeva,^[6] aritmetike i algebre.^[7] Uz to se u Indiji razvila i trigonometrija^[8], uključujući suvremene defincije sinusa i kosinusa.^[9] Ti matematički koncepti su se kasnije prenijeli na Bliski Istok, Kinu i Europu^[7] te bitno pridonijeli razvoju koncepata koji danas tvore temelj mnogih područja matematike.

Drevni i srednjovjekovni matematički tekstovi, svi napisani na sanskritu, najčešće su se sastojali od sutra u kojima su načela ili problemi izneseni u ekonomičnim stihovima kako bi ih učenik mogao što lakše upamtiti. Njih je slijedila druga sekscija koja se sastojala od komentara u prozi (ponekad nekoliko komentara od različitih učenjaka) koji su detaljnije obrazložili problem ili izložili njegovo rješenja. U proznom dijelu forma (i njena memorizacija) nisu bili tako važnio kao same ideje.^[1]^[10] Sva matematička djela su se prenosila usmenom predajom sve do oko 500. pr. Kr. a nakon čega su se prenosili i usmeno i preko rukopisa. Najstariji sačuvani matematički dokument na Indijskom kontinentu je rukopis iz Bakhshalija, otkriven godine 1881. u Bakhshaliju kraj Peshawara (moderni Pakistan) a koji datira iz 7. stoljeća.^[11]^[12]

Važno poglavlje u povijesti indijske matematike bio je razvoj ekspanzije nizova za trigonometrijske funkcije (sinuse, kosinuse i obrnute trigonometrijske funkcije) od strane Keralske škole u 15. stoljeću. Njihovo djelo, napravljeno dva stoljeća prije otkrića infinitezimalnog računa u Europi, je predstavljao prvi primjer stepenog reda.^[13] Međutim, ona nije razvila koncepte diferencijala i integracije, niti ima neposrednih dokaza da su se ta dostignuća proširila izvan Kerale.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Izvori

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Vanjske poveznice

Science and Mathematics in India
An overview of Indian mathematics, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, St Andrews University, 2000.
'Index of Ancient Indian mathematics', MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, St Andrews University, 2004.
Indian Mathematics: Redressing the balance, Student Projects in the History of Mathematics. Ian Pearce. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, St Andrews University, 2002.

Online course material for InSIGHT, a workshop on traditional Indian sciences for school children conducted by the Computer Science department of Anna University, Chennai, India.

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