Systems of Numerations
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Introduction
Ancient Indians through the medium of poetry made Mathematics simplified and interesting. Through poetry it is easy to remember theorem or formulae and interesting also. The Science of Indian Mathematics was composed in many meters(chandas) of poetry. Ancient Indians found a unique way to express numbers in poetry. Hence the following two systems of number representation were born.
- Bhūta-saṅkhyā system
- Kaṭapayādi system
Bhūta-saṅkhyā
Bhūta-saṅkhyā is a system of representation of numbers where the numerals are expressed by certain words. The meanings of
