(1.1b) Ancient Indian Scientists Part 1- Astronomers and Mathematicians

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Bhaskaracharya

Also known as Bhaskara 2

Siddhanta Shiromani

Authored by Bhaskaracharya with detailed descriptions on planetary positions, eclipses, cosmography, astronomical equipments and mathematical techniques.

Sara Sangraha

Authored by Mahaviracharya which is the first textbook on arithmetic in present day form

the study of fractions

Bhaskara's valuable contributions

force of gravity

Bhaskaracharya's notes this as objects fall on the earth due to a force of attraction by the Earth.

Aryabhata

Born in 476 AD in present day Patna, Bihar. a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and a physicist

Brahma-Sphuta Siddhanta and Khandakhadyaka

Brahmagupta authors this 2 works which was about mathematics and astronomy.

Mahaviracharya

He discovered algebraic identities and also found out formula for number of selections

Brahmagupta

He introduced negative numbers and operations of 0 into mathematics.

Mahaviracharya

He introduced the method of finding the least common multiple of given numbers

Bhaskaracharya

He was an unparalleled mathematician and astronomer, a force to reckon among ancient scientists

Mahaviracharya

He was renowned in South India and proved to be an inspiring force for many other mathematicians

Aryabhata Satellite

India's first satellites sent into space that was named after him

Bhaskaracharya

Introduce chocolate method or cyclic method to solve algebraic equations.

Aryabhatiya

It is the oldest known prose in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy.

Bhaskara 1

The second most important student of Aryabhata's astronomical school. He was born in Maharashtra.

Mahabharata, and the Laghu Bhaskara.

These are Bhaskara's two astronomical works in the line of Aryabhatta School

Aryabhatiya

Wrote by Aryabhata which covers both mathematics and astronomy

Mahaviracharya

a Jain mathematician born in Bihar, India.

Pavuluri Malana

a mathematician from the 11th century, translated Mahaviracharya's Work and presented it as Sara Sangraha ganita.

Brahmagupta

born in 598 AD. one of the most important students of Aryabhata's astronomical school.

Bhaskaracharya

born in the remote village of Jalgaon in Maharashtra.

inverse cycle

chocolate method or cyclic method to solve algebraic equations which was rediscovered 6 centuries later by European mathematicians

concept of 0

enabled Aryabhata to find out the exact distance between the Earth and the moon

Aryabhata

gave the scientific explanation for solar and lunar eclipses.

Mahaviracharya

he asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist.

concept of 0

most significant contribution of Aryabhata

Coppernicus

published his heliocentric theory

Aryabhata

rejected the popular view that Earth is achala or immovable

concept of Rahul

swallowing the moon, causing the eclipses, which Aryabhata rubbished this concept

Bhaskara 1

the first mathematician to write the numbers in the decimal or positional system with a circle for the zero

Aryabhata

the first to assert that the Earth is round and suspended in space, that it rotates on its axis and orbits the sun

Brahmagupta

was the first to give roots to compute with zero


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