Mathematics between physics and metaphysics
The so-called Arabic numbers are actually Indian, including the zero which was an "invention" of the ancient mathematicians and philosophers of ancient India.
In fact, India played a fundamental role in the development of mathematics combined with philosophical concepts, which occurred during the Vedic period, which dates back to a few thousand years before Christ. It was the Indians who discovered the positional numbering system, based on the use of nine symbols to write all the numbers and zero (decimal system), they formulated the rules for the four operations, solved first-degree equations and second-degree equations . Zero was treated like all other numbers and not as a number representing "absence of quantity".
India is not only the home of the zero and the numbers that the Arabs very soon brought from India to Europe. In fact, as the researcher Martina Brocca informs us, in the centuries before the birth of Christ, Indian mathematicians were the first to develop research on set theories, logarithms, third degree equations, fourth degree equations, extraction of square roots, of infinite and finite powers and of algorithms for the calculation of irrational numbers, etc.
And the researchers and seers of ancient India did not limit themselves to numbers but also expanded the study and understanding of forms. The particular speculative nature of Indian culture means that from the beginning, geometric figures were considered an intermediary with the divinity and therefore used for ritual purposes. The close relationship between numbers and philosophy in Hindu culture has represented a reason for the development of both physical and metaphysical science.
The ancient Indus and Saraswati civilization (which dates back several thousand years BC) first developed weights and measures, on a decimal scale, to weigh wheat and to manufacture building materials to build cities. Knowing how to make astronomical calculations was indispensable for merchants of the Vedic era who looked to the sky to cross oceans and uninhabited lands; for astronomers who created precise calendars taking into account the rainy seasons to improve agriculture; for the rulers who administered the kingdom and for astrologers, who analyzed the influence of the stars. But religious-philosophical needs also motivated this research: both for the calculation of the area for the sacred altars of sacrifice, and as a tool to read the universe and reach enlightenment. Space and time were perceived as infinite and a deep interest in large numbers was born.
Vedic mathematics, well before it was brought back to the West by the Arabs, was the matrix of all the science of ancient Europe. For example, the famous theorem of Pythagoras suggests that the great Greek philosopher was aware of Indian mathematical theories: the Sulva Sutra (VIII BC) and the Shatapatha Brahmana (VIII-VI BC) which prove that the theorem was already known in India for centuries.
Evidently the knowledge that allowed Pythagoras to elaborate his theories is the result of his long trips to the East and India. Pythagoras is considered the father of arithmetic in the West, to his students, who selected based on the ability to associate a message with a symbol, used to say "everything is a number". He taught a theory that links mathematics to nature and music, establishing an assonance with the entire cosmos and with the laws that govern it.
The association of numbers with nature, says scholar Angela Braghin, tilts and facilitates deep meditation and allows man to grasp the intimate nature of the celestial spheres, creating a bridge between the visible and the invisible, since there is a close assonance between numbers, form and ideas. In fact, regulated by the numbers, the alternation of the seasons and the different crops corresponding to them results.
Ultimately, according to the ancient inventors of mathematical science, numbers contain, regulate and enclose Creation and every creature, and allow man to spread the message he has been carrying since birth, and incorporate it into the deeper, collective and primitive message, or the divine one.
Paolo D'Arpini
In fact, India played a fundamental role in the development of mathematics combined with philosophical concepts, which occurred during the Vedic period, which dates back to a few thousand years before Christ. It was the Indians who discovered the positional numbering system, based on the use of nine symbols to write all the numbers and zero (decimal system), they formulated the rules for the four operations, solved first-degree equations and second-degree equations . Zero was treated like all other numbers and not as a number representing "absence of quantity".
India is not only the home of the zero and the numbers that the Arabs very soon brought from India to Europe. In fact, as the researcher Martina Brocca informs us, in the centuries before the birth of Christ, Indian mathematicians were the first to develop research on set theories, logarithms, third degree equations, fourth degree equations, extraction of square roots, of infinite and finite powers and of algorithms for the calculation of irrational numbers, etc.
And the researchers and seers of ancient India did not limit themselves to numbers but also expanded the study and understanding of forms. The particular speculative nature of Indian culture means that from the beginning, geometric figures were considered an intermediary with the divinity and therefore used for ritual purposes. The close relationship between numbers and philosophy in Hindu culture has represented a reason for the development of both physical and metaphysical science.
The ancient Indus and Saraswati civilization (which dates back several thousand years BC) first developed weights and measures, on a decimal scale, to weigh wheat and to manufacture building materials to build cities. Knowing how to make astronomical calculations was indispensable for merchants of the Vedic era who looked to the sky to cross oceans and uninhabited lands; for astronomers who created precise calendars taking into account the rainy seasons to improve agriculture; for the rulers who administered the kingdom and for astrologers, who analyzed the influence of the stars. But religious-philosophical needs also motivated this research: both for the calculation of the area for the sacred altars of sacrifice, and as a tool to read the universe and reach enlightenment. Space and time were perceived as infinite and a deep interest in large numbers was born.
Vedic mathematics, well before it was brought back to the West by the Arabs, was the matrix of all the science of ancient Europe. For example, the famous theorem of Pythagoras suggests that the great Greek philosopher was aware of Indian mathematical theories: the Sulva Sutra (VIII BC) and the Shatapatha Brahmana (VIII-VI BC) which prove that the theorem was already known in India for centuries.
Evidently the knowledge that allowed Pythagoras to elaborate his theories is the result of his long trips to the East and India. Pythagoras is considered the father of arithmetic in the West, to his students, who selected based on the ability to associate a message with a symbol, used to say "everything is a number". He taught a theory that links mathematics to nature and music, establishing an assonance with the entire cosmos and with the laws that govern it.
The association of numbers with nature, says scholar Angela Braghin, tilts and facilitates deep meditation and allows man to grasp the intimate nature of the celestial spheres, creating a bridge between the visible and the invisible, since there is a close assonance between numbers, form and ideas. In fact, regulated by the numbers, the alternation of the seasons and the different crops corresponding to them results.
Ultimately, according to the ancient inventors of mathematical science, numbers contain, regulate and enclose Creation and every creature, and allow man to spread the message he has been carrying since birth, and incorporate it into the deeper, collective and primitive message, or the divine one.
Paolo D'Arpini