The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

Trigonometric sums and summation formulas have long served as essential tools for elucidating periodic phenomena across mathematics and the physical sciences. These techniques entail the explicit ...

India has a rich ancient history of great achievements in mathematics which has been disseminated in the world and has led ...