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The decimal number system in use today [3] was first recorded in Indian mathematics. [4] Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number, [5] negative numbers, [6] arithmetic, and algebra. [7]
Gaṇeśa Daivajna (born 1507, fl. 1520-1554) Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy. Chitrabhanu (16th Century) Shankara Variyar (c. 1530) Jyeshtadeva (1500–1610), author of Yuktibhāṣā. Paarangot Jyeshtadevan Namboodiri (AD 1500–1610) Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621), mathematician and astronomer. Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri ...
1. Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving ...
1881. The Bakhshali manuscript is an ancient Indian mathematical text written on birch bark that was found in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali, Mardan (near Peshawar in present-day Pakistan, historical Gandhara). It is perhaps "the oldest extant manuscript in Indian mathematics ". [4] For some portions a carbon-date was proposed of AD 224–383 ...
I.S.I. Kolkata. Vashishtha Narayan Singh (2 April 1942 – 14 November 2019) was an Indian mathematician and academic. He taught mathematics at various institutes in India between the 1960s and the 1970s. He is popular on social media for supposedly having challenged Einstein's Theory of Relativity but there are no credible sources that prove so.
Indian Mathematical Society(IMS) is the oldest organization in Indiadevoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswami Aiyarwith its headquarters at Pune. The Society started its activities under the tentatively proposed name Analytic Cluband the name was soon changed to Indian ...
Mahāvīra (mathematician) Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha (Ganita Sara Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 CE. [ 4 ] He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta emperor ...
ISBN 978-81-209-1421-6. Brahmagupta is believed to have composed many important works of mathematics and astronomy. However, two of his most important works are: Brahmasphutasiddhanta (BSS) written in 628 AD, and the Khandakhadyaka... ^ Miodrag Petković (2009). Famous puzzles of great mathematicians.