Bhaskara I
Bhaskara I was a mathematician of the 7th century. He was born in Kerala as a Nambudari Brahmin. He and Brahmagupta are the most renowned Indian Mathematicians. His works constitute the commentary on Aryabhatiya called Aryabhatiyabhashya, Mahabhaskariya, Laghubhaskariya. Bhaskara stressed the importance of proving mathematical rules rather than just relying on tradition or expediency.
Contributions
Hindu Arabic Decimal System
Study of Fractions
Numbers Positional System
Variable Equations
Trignometric Formulaes
Approximation for Sine x
Assertion (If p is a prime number, then 1 + (p − 1)! is divisible by p … widely known as the Wilson’s theorem)
Solutions for what is now known as Pell’s equation
First to use a circle for representing zero
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