Yajnavalkya's Work on Mathematics

Yajnavalkya's mathematical work is found in the Shatapatha Brahmana, a Vedic text that is part of the Yajur Veda.

Yajnavalkya is credited with being one of the first mathematicians to conceive of the concept of zero.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of zero as a placeholder in mathematical calculations.

Yajnavalkya used the operation of addition to combine two numbers.

Yajnavalkya used the operation of subtraction to separate two numbers.

Yajnavalkya used the operation of multiplication to multiply two numbers.

Yajnavalkya used the operation of division to divide two numbers.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a fraction to represent a part of a whole.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a ratio to represent the relationship between two quantities.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a percentage to represent a part of a whole expressed as a fraction of 100.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a decimal to represent a fraction with a denominator that is a power of 10.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a square root to represent the positive number that, when multiplied by itself, produces a given number.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a cube root to represent the positive number that, when multiplied by itself three times, produces a given number.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a fourth root to represent the positive number that, when multiplied by itself four times, produces a given number.

Yajnavalkya used the concept of a fifth root to represent the positive number that, when multiplied by itself five times, produces a given number.