Bengaluru: Professor P.P.Divakaran, the renowned historian of mathematics who died Saturday in Cochin, was a man with the perfect blend of academic rigour and a flair for history. He was 89. “He was ...

It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian ...

The University Grants Commission’s draft mathematics curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has sparked a debate around its skewed emphasis on ancient knowledge systems over core subjects. Designed for ...