HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS IN INDIA
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Mathematics in ancient times (3000 to 600 BC)Abstract
Mathematics is the study of numbers, and counting, and measuring, but that is only the beginning. Mathematics involves the study of number patterns and relationships, too. It is also a way to communicate thoughts, and perhaps more than anything, it is a way of reasoning that is distinctive to human beings. Mathematics plays a vital role in the modernization of this civilization as it is everywhere and affects the everyday lives of people. Although it is abstract and theoretical knowledge, it emerges from the real world. It is also a way to correspond and evaluate ideas, a tool for organizing and interpreting data and above all, perhaps a method of logical reasoning unique to man. Mathematics is a necessary part of other science.
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