Vedic Mathematics and the Namesake
The New Indian Express Bengaluru|December 08, 2024
A few days back, I was at a convention of schoolteachers of mathematics. One of the keynote addresses was delivered by a college professor on Vedic Mathematics and why it must be brought to use in a school curriculum.
Vedic Mathematics and the Namesake

I was a little disturbed by the misinformation. Even more worrying was the fact that it looked like the audience had unquestioningly lapped it up. There is a huge misconception about the term 'Vedic Mathematics'. Actually, there is another body of work that is appropriately christened 'Vedic Mathematics' and this refers to the vast and extraordinary mathematics that was discovered in ancient times of the Vedas.

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