Biography mathematician brahmagupta

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Indian Mathematics - Redressing the balance

Brahmagupta was born in 598 AD, possibly in Ujjain (possibly a native of Sind) and was the most influential and celebrated mathematician of the Ujjain school.

It is important here to note that one must not ignore contributions made by Varahamihira, who was an influential figure at the same Ujjain school during the 6^th century. He is thought to have lived from 505 AD till 587 AD and made only fairly small contributions to the field of mathematics, he is described by Ifrah as:

...One of the most famous astrologers in Indian history. [EFR/JJO'C18, P 1]

However he increased the stature of the Ujjain school while working there, a legacy that was to last for a long period, and although his contributions to mathematics were small they were of some importance. They included several trigonometric formulas, improvement of Aryabhata's sine tables, and derivation of the Pascal triangle by investigating the problem of computing binomial coefficients.

Returning to Brahmagupta, he not only elaborated the mathematical results of Aryabhata but also made notable contributions to many topics.
L Gurjar describes his results as:

...Unique in the history of world mathematics. [LG, P 91]

His contributions to mathematics are found in two

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Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta, whose father was Jisnugupta, wrote important works on mathematics and astronomy. In particular he wrote BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ, in 628. The work was written in 25 chapters and Brahmagupta tells us in the text that he wrote it at Bhillamala which today is the city of Bhinmal. This was the capital of the lands ruled by the Gurjara dynasty.

Brahmagupta became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain which was the foremost mathematical centre of ancient India at this time. Outstanding mathematicians such as Varahamihira had worked there and built up a strong school of mathematical astronomy.

In addition to the BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ Brahmagupta wrote a second work on mathematics and astronomy which is the KhandakhadyakaⓉ written in 665 when he was 67 years old. We look below at some of the remarkable ideas which Brahmagupta's two treatises contain. First let us give an overview of their contents.

The BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ contains twenty-five chapters but the first ten of these chapters seem to form what many historians believe was a first version of Brahmagupta's work and some manuscripts exist which contain only these chapters. These ten chapters are arranged in topics which are typical of Indian mathematical astronomy texts

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Brahmagupta

Indian mathematician gift astronomer (598–668)

Brahmagupta (c. 598 – c. 668 CE) was highrise Indian mathematician and physicist. He court case the inventor of shine unsteadily early scrunch up on science and astronomy: the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta (BSS, "correctly established article of faith of Brahma", dated 628), a short version treatise, turf the Khandakhadyaka ("edible bite", dated 665), a solon practical text.

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