Maths phobia? Vedic science helps

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Maths phobia? Vedic science helps subtract fears and multiply

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Hiral Dave

 

Rajkot, Febraury 10: WHAT'S 2356789 X 99999999? Need a calculater?

But a mixed class of various engineering faculties at the Atmiya

Institute of Technology solved the question in less than a minute,

without the help of any devices, with the help of sutras of Vedic

mathematics. The answer, by the way, is 23569776432302.

 

Around 5,000 students of computer science, electronics, instrumental

and control and chemical engineering are now taking lessons in

ancient maths to solve complicated equations, faster and most

importantly with greater confidence. The wonderful science of the

past is being used to solve the modern day equations.The students

have been using calculators and computers for years. Despite hi-tech

electronic devices on hand, most students still do not feel confident

about solving complicated equations and even in the multiplication

and division of more than two digits. Not only school-goers, but a

large number of engineering students also experience maths-phobia to

some extent.

 

 

 

Run by the Yogi Divine Society, students of the Atmiya Institute of

Technology now spend two hours in the morning in learning this Vedic

science to strengthen and polish their mathematical skills.

Simplifying the complicated methods of conventional maths for them is

32-year-old Venkatasubba Rao, who has been doing research on `How to

Apply Vedic Mathematics on Text Book Problems'. This electrical

engineer from Banglore is the chairman of Vivechana, a Vyasa

University-recognized institute which offer courses in Vedic

Mathematics to students, professionals and IITans.``Mathematics is

the backbone for engineering. Along with modern technology if ancient

methods will be taught, it will help to strengthen the base and

polish the skills of students,'' said T V Swami of the Atmiya

Institute of Technology. Vedic mathematics has now been included in

many schools across the US and UK at the elementary stage. ``Our

attempt is to give students the best of both kinds of maths,'' he

added.``Conventional mathematics offers only one method to solve any

problem, while Vedic mathematics offers different simplifications of

the problem and verification methods to solve equations faster,''

said Rao, adding, ``Vedic mathematics is often touted as a `trick'.

However, it is not a `trick' but science that can solve equations of

any kind, including arithmetic, algebra, calculus and trigonometry.''

 

What the students like best about Vedic mathematics is the fact that

it does not require them to remember all those multiplication tables.

 

``We mugged them up during schools, but we hardly remember up till

the table of 12 to 15 by the time we grow up. Tables are the base of

conventional methods. But Vedic maths methods are more about addition

and subtraction, making it simpler to solve complex problems,'' said

Hitesh Parmar, a student of computer science.

 

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