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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Indian mathematician and astronomer (598–668) Brahmagupta Born c. 598 CE Bhillamala, Gurjaradesa, Chavda kingdom (modern day Bhinmal, Rajasthan, India) Died c. 668 CE (aged c. 69–70) Ujjain, Chalukya Empire (modern day Madhya Pradesh, India) Known for Rules for computing with Zero ...
Ashutosh Mukherjee, Indian mathematician, known for his proof of the 25th proposition of Euclid's first book. [177] Bapudeva Sastri, Indian mathematician who translated the Siddhānta Shiromani. [178] Bhāskara II, Indian mathematician and astronomer. [179] C. S. Seshadri, Indian mathematician, known for his proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri ...
Born in a Hindu Deshastha Brahmin family of scholars, mathematicians and astronomers, Bhaskara II was the leader of a cosmic observatory at Ujjain, the main mathematical centre of ancient India. [10] Bhāskara and his works represent a significant contribution to mathematical and astronomical knowledge in the 12th century.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then ...
The ancient Indian Brahmin mathematician Sissa (also spelt Sessa or Sassa and also known as Sissa ibn Dahir or Lahur Sessa) is a mythical character from India, known for the invention of Chaturanga, the Indian predecessor of chess, and the wheat and chessboard problem he would have presented to the king when he was asked what reward he'd like for that invention.
Keļallur Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji (14 June 1444 – 1544), also referred to as Keļallur Comatiri, [1] was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha completed in 1501.
Bapudeva Sastri or Narasimha Deva Paranjpe (1821–1900) was an Indian mathematician. ... He was born on 1 November 1821, to a Hindu Brahmin family of Maharashtra. [2]
Shakuntala Devi was born on 4 November 1929 at Bangalore, Karnataka. [4] [5] to a Kannada Brahmin family.[6] [7] Her father, C V Sundararaja Rao, [8] worked as a trapeze artist, lion tamer, tightrope walker and magician in a circus.