My VIF lecture (pic1) was on “Practical ganita vs religious mathematics”, I explained the difference between √2 in Indian ganita (pic2), and √2 in present-day formal mathematics (pic3). Briefly, early Indian tradition (sulba sutra) saw Read more…
My Cape Town challenge to prove 1+1 = 2 in real numbers and my related JNU prize of Rs 10 lakhs is well known, and were reiterated in my VIF talk. In response to this, Read more…
Calculus is difficult because real numbers are wrongly believed essential to it. Reverting to the way calculus originated makes it easy. Axiomatic proofs (like Russell’s 378 page proof of 1+1=2) add zilch to the practical Read more…