Published: April 19, 2021
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Some mathematical trivia Arabic numerals are from India, and thus the actual numerals used in Arabic are called the Hindi numerals by Arabs, while rest of the world calls them Arabic. 1/3
And "root" (as in √3 "square root of 3") is a translation of Sanskrit mūla मूल, which has the meanings "root" and "base", the latter of which was the one intended by the ancient Indian mathematicians. 2/3
Sine (trigonometric function of an angle)- The Sanskrit word for chord-half was jya-ardha. This was brought into Arabic as jiba. Latin translators took it as jaib (opening at neck or bosom) translating it as Sinus (the bosom of a garment) from which we got the modern Sine. 3/3
