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   The bhaavanaa in mathematics   
      
   By Amartya Kumar Dutta   
   Bhaavanaa, bhavana.org.in   
   Volume 1  Issue 1  January 2017   
      
   The Sanskrit word bhaavanaa was used by ancient Indian   
   algebraists to name a principle of "composition" introduced   
   by Brahmagupta (born in 598 ce) way back in the seventh   
   century.   
      
   In mathematics, a law of composition combines (i.e.,   
   "composes") two mathematical objects of a certain type to   
   produce a third object of the same type; for instance, it   
   may combine two solutions of a given equation to generate a   
   third solution of the equation, or it may combine two   
   polynomial expressions of a particular form to yield   
   another expression of the same form.   
      
   Brahmagupta is the first known mathematician to state (in   
   628) a non-trivial principle of composition. . . .   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://bhavana.org.in/the-bhavana-in-mathematics/   
      
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