Aryabhatta 1
Aryabhata
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Statue of Aryabhata on the grounds of IUCAA, Pune. As there is no known information regarding his appearance, any image of Aryabhata originates from an artist's conception.
Aryabhata (IAST: Āryabhaṭa; Sanskrit: आर्यभटः) (476–550 CE) was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.
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|1 Biography |
|1.1 Name |
|1.2 Birth |
|1.3 Work |
|1.4 Kerala hypothesis |
|2 Works |
|2.1 Aryabhatiya |
|3 Mathematics |
|3.1 Place value system and zero |
|3.2 Pi as irrational |
|3.3 Mensuration and trigonometry |
|3.4 Indeterminate equations |
|3.5 Algebra |
|4 Astronomy |
|4.1 Motions of the solar system |
|4.2 Eclipses |
|4.3 Sidereal periods |
|4.4 Heliocentrism |
|5 Legacy
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Statue of Aryabhata on the grounds of IUCAA, Pune. As there is no known information regarding his appearance, any image of Aryabhata originates from an artist's conception.
Aryabhata (IAST: Āryabhaṭa; Sanskrit: आर्यभटः) (476–550 CE) was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.
|Contents |
|[hide] |
|1 Biography |
|1.1 Name |
|1.2 Birth |
|1.3 Work |
|1.4 Kerala hypothesis |
|2 Works |
|2.1 Aryabhatiya |
|3 Mathematics |
|3.1 Place value system and zero |
|3.2 Pi as irrational |
|3.3 Mensuration and trigonometry |
|3.4 Indeterminate equations |
|3.5 Algebra |
|4 Astronomy |
|4.1 Motions of the solar system |
|4.2 Eclipses |
|4.3 Sidereal periods |
|4.4 Heliocentrism |
|5 Legacy