5. VEDIC MATHEMATICS TEACHER'S MANUAL 3

ADVANCED LEVEL

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This book is designed for teachers of students in grades 9 to 14. It shows how Vedic Mathematics can be used in a school course but does not cover all school topics (see contents). The book can be used for teachers who wish to learn the Vedic system or to teach courses on Vedic mathematics for this level. Non-teachers who have a background knowledge of mathematics may also find it appropriate (see contents).

Topics included: calculus, series, logs and exponentials, trigonometry (including solving trig equations, proving identities), solution of equations (special types, quadratics, cubics, transcendental), complex numbers, coordinate geometry, transformation geometry, Simple Harmonic Motion, projectile motion, forces in equilibrium, work & moments, etc.

270 + xi pages. Size: 24cm by 16cm. Paperback. 2005; Author: Kenneth Williams;
ISBN 978-1-902517-18-6. Revised edition 2010.
Price $30 (including postage).

Please note that these Manuals do not form a sequence: there is some overlap between the three books.

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PREFACE

  This Manual is the third of three self-contained Manuals (elementary, intermediate and advanced) and is designed for adults with a good understanding of basic mathematics to learn or teach the Vedic system. So teachers could use it to learn Vedic Mathematics, or it could be used to teach a course on Vedic Mathematics. It is suitable for teachers of children aged about 13 to 18 years.

 The eighteen lessons of this course are based on a series of one week summer courses given at Oxford University by the author to Swedish mathematics teachers between 1990 and 1995. Those courses were quite intensive consisting of eighteen, one and a half hour, lessons. Some of the material here is more advanced than would be given to the average 18 year old student but this is what the teachers wanted on the courses and so the same is given here.

 The lessons in this book however probably contain more material than could be given in a one and a half hour lesson. The teacher/reader may wish to omit some sections, go through the material in a different sequence to that shown here or break up some sections.

 All techniques are fully explained and proofs and explanations are given, the relevant Sutras are indicated throughout (these are listed at the end of this Manual) and, for convenience, answers are given after each exercise. Cross-references are given showing what alternative topics may be continued with at certain points.

 It should also be noted that the Vedic system encourages mental work so we always encourage students to work mentally as long as it is comfortable. In the Cosmic Calculator Course pupils are given a short mental test at the start of most or all lessons, which makes a good start to the lesson, revises previous work and introduces some of the ideas needed in the current lesson. In the Vedic system pupils are encouraged to be creative and use whatever method they like.

 Some topics will not be found in this text: for example, there is no section on area and volume. This is because the actual methods are the same as currently taught so that the only difference would be to give the relevant Sutra(s).

 

INTRODUCTION

Vedic Mathematics is an ancient system of mathematics which was rediscovered early last century by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (henceforth referred to as Bharati Krsna).

 The Sanskrit word “veda” means “knowledge”. The Vedas are ancient writings whose date is disputed but which date from at least several centuries BC. According to Indian tradition the content of the Vedas was known long before writing was invented and was freely available to everyone. It was passed on by word of mouth. The writings called the Vedas consist of a huge number of documents (there are said to be millions of such documents in India, many of which have not yet been translated) and these have recently been shown to be highly structured, both within themselves and in relation to each other (see Reference 2). Subjects covered in the Vedas include Grammar, Astronomy, Architecture, Psychology, Philosophy, Archery etc., etc.

 A hundred years ago Sanskrit scholars were translating the Vedic documents and were surprised at the depth and breadth of knowledge contained in them. But some documents headed “Ganita Sutras”, which means mathematics, could not be interpreted by them in terms of mathematics. One verse, for example, said “in the reign of King Kamse famine, pestilence and unsanitary conditions prevailed”. This is not mathematics they said, but nonsense.

 Bharati Krsna was born in 1884 and died in 1960. He was a brilliant student, obtaining the highest honours in all the subjects he studied, including Sanskrit, Philosophy, English, Mathematics, History and Science. When he heard what the European scholars were saying about the parts of the Vedas which were supposed to contain mathematics he resolved to study the documents and find their meaning. Between 1911 and 1918 he was able to reconstruct the ancient system of mathematics which we now call Vedic Mathematics.

 He wrote sixteen books expounding this system, but unfortunately these have been lost and when the loss was confirmed in 1958 Bharati Krsna wrote a single introductory book entitled “Vedic Mathematics”. This is currently available and is a best-seller (see Reference 1).

 There are many special aspects and features of Vedic Mathematics which are better discussed as we go along rather than now because you will need to see the system in action to appreciate it fully. But the main points for now are:

 1) The system rediscovered by Bharati Krsna is based on sixteen formulae (or Sutras) and some sub-formulae (sub-Sutras). These Sutras are given in word form: for example Vertically and Crosswise and By One More than the One Before. In this text they are indicated by italics. These Sutras can be related to natural mental functions such as completing a whole, noticing analogies, generalisation and so on.

 2) Not only does the system give many striking general and special methods, previously unknown to modern mathematics, but it is far more coherent and integrated as a system.

 3) Vedic Mathematics is a system of mental mathematics (though it can also be written down).

 Many of the Vedic methods are new, simple and striking. They are also beautifully interrelated so that division, for example, can be seen as an easy reversal of the simple multiplication method (similarly with squaring and square roots). This is in complete contrast to the modern system. Because the Vedic methods are so different to the conventional methods, and also to gain familiarity with the Vedic system, it is best to practice the techniques as you go along.

 

CONTENTS

PREFACE                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
LESSON 1   LEFT TO RIGHT CALCULATIONS
1.1           INTRODUCTION
1.2           ADDITION 
1.3           MULTIPLICATION 
                Advantages OF LEFT TO RIGHT  CALCULATION 
1.4           WRITING LEFT TO RIGHT SUMS
1.5           SUBTRACTION 
1.6           DIGIT SUMS 
1.7             CHECKING DEVICES 
                 CHECKING SUBTRACTION SUMS 
1.8               ALL FROM 9 AND THE LAST FROM 10 
1.8a           SUBTRACTION FROM A BASE 
1.8b           BAR NUMBERS 
                  ADVANTAGES OF BAR NUMBERS 
1.8c           GENERAL SUBTRACTION 

 
LESSON 2   SPECIAL METHODS
2.1           MULTIPLICATION NEAR A BASE 
        2.1a                Numbers just below the base 
        2.1.b                Above the base 
        2.1c                  Above and below 
        2.1d                 Proportionately 
        2.1e                 With different bases 
2.2           MENTAL CALCULATIONS 
2.3           SPECIAL NUMBERS 
        2.3a                 Repeating numbers 
        2.3b                 Proportionately 
        2.3c                  Disguises 
2.4           DIVISION BY NINE 
        2.4a                 Adding Digits 
        2.4b                 A Short Cut 
        2.4c                  Dividing by 8 
        2.4d                 Algebraic Division 
        2.4e                 Dividing by 11, 12 etc. 

 

LESSON 3    RECURRING DECIMALS
3.1           DENOMINATOR ENDING IN 9 
3.2           A SHORT CUT 
3.3           PROPORTIONATELY 
3.4           LONGER NUMERATORS 
3.5           DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 8, 7, 6 
3.6           DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 1 
3.7           DENOMINATORS ENDING IN 2, 3, 4 
3.8           WORKING 2, 3 ETC. FIGURES AT A TIME 

  

LESSON 4    TRIPLES 
4.1           Definitions 
4.2           Triples for 45°, 30° and 60° 
4.3           Triple Addition 
4.4           Double Angle 
4.5           Variations of 3,4,5 
4.6           Quadrant Angles 
4.7           Rotations 

  

LESSON 5    GENERAL MULTIPLICATION
5.1           TWO-Figure Numbers 
                Explanation/ The Digit Sum Check 
5.2           Moving Multiplier  
5.3           Algebraic PRODUCTS  
                The Digit Sum Check 
5.4           Three-Figure Numbers 
5.5           Four-Figure Numbers 
5.6           Writing Left to Right Sums 
5.7           From Right to Left 
                setting the sums out 
5.8           Using Bar Numbers 

  

LESSON 6    SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS  
6.1           TRANSPOSE AND APPLY 
        6.1a  SIMPLE EQUATIONS
        6.1b  MORE THAN ONE X TERM 
6.2           SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS 
        6.2a  GENERAL SOLUTION 
        6.2b  Special Types 
6.3           QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 
6.4           ONE IN RATIO THE OTHER ONE ZERO 
6.5           MERGERS 
6.6             WHEN THE SAMUCCAYA IS THE SAME IT IS ZERO 
        6.6a    Samuccaya as a common factor 
        6.6b    Samuccaya as the Product of the Independent Terms 
        6.6c     Samuccaya as the Sum of the Denominators 
        6.6d    Samuccaya as a Combination or Total 
                    Proof/ EXTENSION 
        6.6e    other typeS 
6.7               THE ULTIMATE AND TWICE THE PENULTIMATE 
6.8              ONLY THE LAST TERMS 
6.9              SUMMATION OF SERIES
6.10             FACTORISATION 

  

LESSON 7    SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS
7.1           Squaring 2-FIGURE NUMBERS 
7.2           Algebraic Squaring 
7.3           Squaring Longer Numbers 
7.4           Written Calculations 
7.4a          Left to Right 
7.4b         Right to Left 
7.5           Square Roots of Perfect Squares 

  

LESSON 8    APPLICATIONS OF TRIPLES
8.1           Triple Subtraction 
8.2           Triple Geometry 
8.3           Angle Between Two Lines 
8.4           Half Angle 
8.5           Coordinate Geometry 
        8.5a      Gradients 
        8.5b      Length of Perpendicular 
        8.5c      Circle Problems 
        8.5d     EQUATION OF A LINE 
8.6           COMPLEX NUMBERS 

 

LESSON 9    DIVISIBILITY
9.1           Elementary Parts 
9.2           The Ekadhika 
9.3           Osculation 
                Explanation 
9.4           Testing Longer Numbers           
9.5           Other Divisors 
9.6           The Negative Osculator 
9.7           OSCULATING WITH GROUPS OF DIGITS 

  

LESSON 10    STRAIGHT DIVISION
10.1                         Single Figure on the Flag 
10.2                         Short Division Digression 
10.3                         Longer Numbers 
                                Multiplication Reversed 
10.4                         Decimalising the Remainder 
10.5                         Negative Flag Digits 
10.6                         Larger Divisors 
10.7                         ALGEBRAIC DIVISION 

  

LESSON 11    SQUARE ROOTS
11.1       Squaring
11.2       Square Root of a Perfect square 
        11.2a            Preamble 
        11.2b            Two-Figure Answer 
                            Reversing Squaring 
        11.2c            Three-Figure Answer 
                            Reversing Squaring 
11.3         General Square Roots 
11.4         Changing the Divisor 
                            Heuristic Proof 
11.5          ALGEBRAIC SQUARE ROOTS 

  

LESSON 12    TRIPLE TRIGONOMETRY
12.1      COMPOUND ANGLES 
12.2      INVERSE FUNCTIONS 
12.3      THE GENERAL TRIPLE 
12.4       TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS 
        12.4a            SIMPLE EQUATIONS 
        12.4b            A SPECIAL TYPE 

  

LESSON 13    COMBINED OPERATIONS
13.1         Algebraic 
13.2         Arithmetic 
        13.2a       SUMS OF PRODUCTS 
        13.2b       ADDITION AND DIVISION 
        13.2c        STRAIGHT DIVISION 
        13.2d        MEAN AND MEAN DEVIATION 
        13.2e        DIVIDING SUMS OF PRODUCTS 
        13,2f         VARIANCE 
13.3          Pythagoras’ Theorem 

  

LESSON 14    SOLUTION OF POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS
14.1       QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 
        14.1a         x > 1 
                             PROOF 
        14.1b            x < –1 
        14.1c            0 < x < 1 
        14.1d            0 < x < 1 and x² Coefficient > 1 
        14.1e            –1 < x < 0 
        14.1f            x LARGE 
14.2       HIGHER ORDER EQUATIONS 
        14.2a            CUBE ROOT 
        14.2b            CUBIC EQUATIONS 
                            A SIMPLIFICATION 
                            A CUBIC WITH 0 < x < 1 
        14.2c            QUINTICS 

  

LESSON 15    CALCULUS METHODS
15.1                         Partial Fractions 
15.2                         Integration by ‘Parts’ 
                                TRUNCATING 
15.3                         BINOMIAL AND MACLAURIN THEOREMS 
15.4                         Derivatives of a Product  
15.5                         Derivative of A Quotient  
15.6                         Differential Equations – 1  
15.7                         Differential Equations – 2  
15.8                         Limits  220

  

LESSON 16    APPLIED MATHEMATICS
16.1                         SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION 
16.2                         PROJECTILES 
16.3                         FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM 
16.4                         WORK AND MOMENT 

  

LESSON 17    TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
17.1     DERIVATIVES 
17.2     SERIES EXPANSIONS 
17.3     INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 
        17.3a            DERIVATIVES 
        17.3b            SERIES 
17.4    EVALUATING TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 
        17.4a            COSINE 
        17.4b            SINE 
        17.4c            INVERSE TANGENT 

  

LESSON 18    TRIGONOMETRIC AND TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS
18.1                         POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS 
18.2                         TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS 
18.3                         TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS 
                                KEPLER’S EQUATION 

 
REFERENCES    
SUTRAS AND SUB-SUTRAS
INDEX OF THE VEDIC FORMULAE  INDEX       
INDEX

 

VEDIC MATHEMATICS MANUAL

 ADVANCED LEVEL

 

¯   Vedic Mathematics was reconstructed from ancient Vedic texts early last century by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960). It is a complete system of mathematics which has many surprising properties and applies at all levels and areas of mathematics, pure and applied.

  

¯   It has a remarkable coherence and simplicity that make it easy to do and easy to understand. Through its amazingly easy methods  complex problems can often be solved in one line.

  

¯   The system is based on sixteen word-formulae (Sutras) that relate to the way in which we use our mind.

  

¯   The benefits of using Vedic Mathematics include more enjoyment of maths, increased flexibility, creativity and confidence, improved memory, greater mental agility and so on.

  

This Advanced Manual is the third of three self-contained Manuals designed for teachers who wish to teach the Vedic system, either to a class or to other adults/teachers. It is also suitable for anyone who would like to teach themselves the Vedic methods.