An Analysis of Neglect of the Contribution of Non Western Mathematicians in the Development of Modern Mathematics

Shivani Agrawal

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

An Analysis of Neglect of the Contribution of Non Western Mathematicians in the Development of Modern Mathematics

Shivani Agrawal

Abstract :

 History of Mathematics cannot be traced to any specific culture, race, religion, caste, region or country. The initial developments took place in India, China, Middle East, Egypt and Greece and infact then the developments travelled throughout the world due to reasons of interaction among the societies, business relationships, spread of religions, scientific interests, etc. However, due to reasons as colonialism of the Asian world by the European countries and later on, the dominance of American countries in the economic and educational world, it appears that the development of mathematics in the Asian countries could not be later traced to them and in fact these are now presented as if the mathematical inventions and contributions have been due to research in the field of Mathematics in the Western World.