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Who is credited with giving place value using letters to represent numbers and their qualities?
Aryabhata
Which mathematician improved the sine tables created by Aryabhata?
Varahamihira
What did Aryabhata work on in relation to the value of pi?
Approximate value and concluded that it is irrational
What did Varahamihira create, which was used to calculate the binomial coefficients?
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Who proposed the famous summation series that includes the sum of n squares and n cubes?
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Study Notes
Indian Mathematicians
- Indian mathematicians have made significant contributions to the world of mathematics, with over 10 notable mathematicians shaping present-day mathematics.
Aryabhata
- Aryabhata was a renowned Indian mathematician and astronomer born in 476 CE in Patliputra (now Patna).
- He lived during the Gupta period and passed away in 550 CE.
- Aryabhata made remarkable discoveries in astronomy and mathematics, proving many assumed concepts.
- He correctly calculated the number of days in a year.
- Aryabhata introduced the famous quadratic formula: (a + b)2 = a2 + b2 + 2ab.
- He was among the first to believe that the Earth is spherical in shape.
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Test your knowledge of the significant contributions made by Indian mathematicians to the world of mathematics. Learn about the innovative ideas and formulas developed by these great minds.
