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Kaprekar’s constants: An Indian mathematician's miraculous calculation

Into the life of an Indian math teacher whose tricks with numbers fascinated mathematicians worldwide   

Author : Chandrahas M. Halai, Science and Technology Writer

Keywords : Kaprekar, Indian mathematicians, number theory

Chess, Mathematics and Corona: Learning from the wisdom of our ancient texts

Ancient Indian mathematicians had a fascination for large numbers and calculations

Author : Chandrahas M. Halai, Science and Technology Writer

Keywords : Coronavirus, pandemic, Bhaskara, Ancient Indian Mathematics

Arithmetic progression, ancient Indian mathematics and Aryabhata

Aryabhata and sums of squares, arithmetic progressions, cubes of consecutive numbers

Author : Chitra Aiyer, Technical Writer; & Abhishek Banerjee, Associate Prof., IISc, Bengaluru

Keywords : Indian mathematics, Arithmetic progressions, sums of squares formulas