What's This Vedic Mathematics?
Let us see illustration of Vedic Mathematics, before countering any other indepths,Illusrtation 1-
99962 = 9992 / 0016
Formulae - ÕBBåB¼þ_ÈBg ·BBåB¼_þÈBBVwBmx·ÕB åBBU B ÕBBcÕBc·B>4
Step 1: Subtract deficiency5 i.e. 9996 - 4= 9992 this is your first part of answer.
Step 2: Square the deficiency i.e. 42= 16, this is our second part.
Step 3: Arrange i.e. see how many 0's are there in base, here 4, so we need 4 digit in second part and so we put two 0's ahead 16, getting 0016. And join both of them, that is our answer. Illustration 2-
3 1 / 7 2 8 = 12
Formulae - BMåBßûBcwBxÈBÓBv>6
Step1: Recollect two features of Cubes from 1-9 a) highest possible cube is of 1 digit number is of 3 digit. b) There is no cube, that ends with same number. (write it and see)
Step 2: On these base, break the number in two part such that second part is of 3 digit.
Step 3: See the last number (i.e. 8 here) and write cube-root ending with this last number, assuming it as second part (or unit part of answer).
Step 4: Now, search the highest possible cube from first part, and write its root as first part of an answer (i.e. from 1, 1 could be subtracted, and its root is 1).
[It is applicable only when cube is perfect and cube root is of two digit number]
By these 2 illustrations it is clear that exorbitant seeming maths is so simple in reality, above given illustrations are not part of some new research or speed mathematics trick, rather it is one of the technique of Vedic Mathematics.
Vedic Mathematics came into light by the effort and application cleared by Shri Jagadguru Shankaracharaya Bharati Krishna Tirathji of Shringeri Math. He found certain unexplored parts of Atharvaveda7 that were left out by all the commentators finding it to be irrelevant and unexplainable. But Tirathji's conjecture was that there can be no fruitless thing in Veda, so he undertook this arduous task, and referred to various Koshas as Amar, Shabdakalpadrum etc. and finally found its end into mathematical application. He decoded 16 main and 13 corollary aphorisms giving precious treasure in field of mathematics. He says it includes even reference to Sthapatyaveda8.