WHEN AND WHYDO WE CELEBRATE
NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY?
National Mathematics Day is
celebrated on 22 December every
year to mark the birth
anniversary of legendary Indian
mathematician, Srinivasa
Ramanujan
3.
WHO IS SRINIVASARAMANUJAN?
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN(1887-1920) WAS AN
INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN WHO , WITH ALMOST
NO FORMAL TRAINING IN MATHEMATICS,
MADE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
NUMBER THEORY, MATHEMATICAL
ANALYSIS,INFINITE SERIES ,AND CONTINUED
FRACTIONS. HE HAD NO TRADITIONAL DEGREE
OR EDUCATIONAL BUT SIGNIFICANTLY
CONTRIBUTED TO MATHEMATICS.
4.
WHO IS CALLEDQUEEN OF MATHEMATICS ?
CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS ONE OF THE
GREATEST MATHEMATICIANS, IS SAID TO
HAVE CLAIMED: “MATHEMATICS IS THE
QUEEN OF THE SCIENCES AND NUMBER OF
THEORY IS THE QUEEN OF
MATHEMATICS”. THE PROPERTIES OF
PRIMES PLAY A CRUCIAL PART IN
NUMBER THEORY.
5.
WHO FOUND ZERO?
BRAHMAGUPTA, AN ASTRONOMER AND
MATHEMATICIAN FROM INDIA USED ZERO
IN MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS LIKE
ADDITION AND
SUBTRACTION.ARYABHATTA
INTRODUCED ZERO IN 5th CENTURY AND
BRAHMAGUPTA INTRODUCED ZERO IN
CALCULATIONS IN AROUND 628 AD.
6.
WHO IS THEMOTHER OF MATHEMATICS IN INDIA?
SHAKUNTLA DEVI (4 NOVEMBER
1929 – 21 APRIL 2013) WAS AN
INDIAN MENTAL CALCULATOR AND
WRITER, POPULARLY KNOWN AS
THE “HUMAN COMPUTER”. HER
TALENT EARNED HER A PLACE IN
THE 1982 EDITION OF THE GUINNESS
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
7.
WHO DISCOVERED 1TO 9 NUMBERS ?
WE ALL KNOW 0 WAS INVENTED BY
ARYABHATT AND AS FAR AS THE
INVENTION OF DIGITS 1-9 IS CONCERNED,
THESE ARE BELIEVED TO BE INVENTED IN
ARAB. THESE DIGITS ALSO KNOWN AS
ARABIC NUMERALS. THE FIRST POSITIONAL
NUMERICAL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED IN
BABYLON IN THE 2nd MILLENNIUM BC.
8.
IT’S QUIZ TIME:-
1. WHO IS CALLED QUEEN OF MATHEMATICS ?
2. WHO FOUND ZERO?
3. WHO IS THE MOTHER OF MATHS IN INDIA ?
4. WHY DO WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL
MATHEMATICS DAY?
