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Your sources are not from peer reviewed journals.
They're from some meeting (perhaps in India) that took place in 1927.
The original of that meeting is held at the University of California.
It is not a statement by the University of California.
My articles are from peer reviewed journals of the modern day
Two examples of my articles from peer-reviewed journals of today:
“Exponentiation and Euler measure,” is reminiscent of an interesting “mistake” made by Brahmagupta of Multan in his 6th century treatise Brahmasphutasiddantha."
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0203/0203289v2.pdf
Its not - which journal was it published in? How many works have cited it?
My references are from published books, so worth more than these online .doc files.
As we know the concept of zero, was originated in Ancient India. It was indicated by a dot and was termed Pujyam. The word zero comes from the Arabic sifr, meaning “empty or vacant”, a literal translation of the Indian Sanskrit shunya meaning “void or empty”. Indians became adept mathematicians around 3000BC, but only the usage of zero became well known around the 6th century when Brahmagupta of Multan formulated rules of operation usig it. For 400 years from the 6th century, India was foremost in maths, and zero began its journey around the world. With the rise of trade among Arabs, Greeks and Indians, caravans carried more than goods to China, Arabia and Greece.
http://www.ooffouro.org/ita/RESEARCH/ABQ/OOFFOURO_ABQ%20- ResearchArea.pdf
It says "Brahmagupta OF Multan", not BORN in Multan. This is clearly a referene to Alberuni's work, which mentions that Bhillamal is situated between Multan and Patan. The author simply mentioned Multan as a matter of convenience, as Multan is the more recognizable town.
The other 3 references of mine are from some of the top univerity websites around the world.
So are mine.
One is from Lousiana State University, other is from University of California, LA, third one is from University College, London.
Its you who is being biased. It doesn't matter what the origin of the writer it, but rather the institution which he belongs to.
In that case, I can point out that your references are from European universities which would make them liable to have Eurocentric attitudes, and hence biased.
All my articles are written by Europeans suggesting a degree (though not always) of neutrality. You've got one neutral author who wrote an article on medicine that says Brahamgupta was born in Rajasthan. I will credit this one.
You are simply being racist by assuming that European researchers carry more weight than ones with Indian-sounding names.
Also, you have avoided replying to this part of my post:
In that case, please establish a source for the French website's claim of him being born in Multan. It should be either a published research paper that deals directly with the question of Brahmagupta's birth, OR it should be a book written on the history of mathematics.
Clearly, someone would have done research on the subject and come across a historical reference which proves his birth. If so, please produce that original document.
Until then, your source is no more acceptable than any other online academic source which describes his birthplace as Bhillamala.
tNow, regarding Alberuni's work, you cannot simply claim a mistranslation without providing an alternative translation that clearly specifies hat his birthplace was not Bhillamala.
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