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India's contributions to mathematics:
It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian subcontinent has a rich history going back over 3,000 years and thrived for centuries before similar advances were made in Europe, with its influence meanwhile spreading to China and the Middle East.
As well as giving us the concept of zero, Indian mathematicians made seminal contributions to the study of trigonometry, algebra, arithmetic and negative numbers among other areas. Perhaps most significantly, the decimal system that we still employ worldwide today was first seen in India.
With such a significant technical lead, how did they fall behind?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:53AM (7 children)
It's a UK thing which has been going on for a while and it's short for mathematics. I think it makes a lot of sense myself though I don't use the expression much.
(Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Sunday September 24 2017, @01:25AM (6 children)
μάθημα in Greek means "studies" or "lessons". No surprising it would be a plural in English. No accounting for what things are in American, however.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by khallow on Sunday September 24 2017, @01:05PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 24 2017, @01:42PM (4 children)
There are probably a couple million people who give a fuck what μάθημα. Almost all of them live in Greece. Civilized people don't use that shit alphabet, or language. Hail Caesar, barbarian!
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Sunday September 24 2017, @07:58PM (3 children)
教訓。 You 白左! 超過十億服務。
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @05:46AM (2 children)
Huh, wut? So, Greece is Islam? More than one billion? Maybe the translator is screwed, or maybe you're just that confused. Whatever, we can all be sure that there aren't a billion Greeks, unless you start counting all of those in their tombs. Oh, don't forget those that were left out for the wolves to eat!!
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday September 25 2017, @06:40AM
Are you so sure? We Greeks, genetically speaking, get around. And besides, oh ignoramous who does not relate languages to cultures, that was not the point at all. McDonalds? One billion served? In Fricking Chinese? 你怎麼會這麼蠢？ 為什麼浪費我們的時間？ 為什麼你的氣墊船有鰻魚？ Google翻譯往往是錯誤的。Idiotes, Πώς μπορείς να είσαi τόσο ανόητος; (Oh, since you are illiterate, in several languages, ";" is a question mark in Greek. And unfortunately, I am writing this in Modern Greek, which always grates on me. We will leave it at this, since you are only an Anonymous Coward, and your ignorance cannot be remedied. Anonymously.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Monday September 25 2017, @08:47AM
OH, by the way, tomorrow I shall mod you down. Brace yourself, AC!