Aryabhata [pic] 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
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Aryabhatta is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in Kerala‚ South India in 476 AD but later lived in Kusumapura‚ which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with pataliputra (modern Patna) in Bihar. His first name “Arya” is hardly a south Indian name while “Bhatt” (or Bhatta) is a typical north Indian name even found today specially among the trader community. Aryabhatta studied at the University of Nalanda. One of his major works was Aryabhatiya
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of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He was born at Muziris (the modern day Kodungallour village) near Thrissur‚ Kerala. Available evidence suggest that he went to Kusumapura for higher studies. He lived in Kusumapura‚ which his commentator Bhāskara I (AD 629) identifies as Pataliputra (modern Patna). K. Chandra Hari‚ a senior geoscientist at the Institute of Reservoir Studies of Oil and Natural Gas Commission‚ Ahmedabad has refuted this popular opinion and claims that based on his interpretation
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Contribution of Babylonians in Science and Technology Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)‚ withBabylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi (fl. ca. 1696 – 1654 BC‚ short chronology) created an empire out of the territories of the former Akkadian Empire. Babylonia adopted the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use‚ and retained the Sumerian languagefor religious use‚ which by that time was no longer a spoken language
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hanicalSimple Machines and its Mechanical Advantage What are Simple Machines? What do we mean by Mechanical Advantage? Simple Machines * creates a greater output force than the input force Therefore since work is performed by applying a force over a distance‚ with the use of these machines we can do more work with lesser effort than working with our bare hands. In short‚ they make work easier. Mechanical Advantage * The Ratio between the input force and the output force. * The measure
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Introduction: Generally‚ our logo is a bird‚ one of the animals that can fly around. On the top of the logo‚ there are Chinese and Canadian national flags. In this case‚ we can compare our students in Sino-Canadian Program as the bird that will fly from China to Canada for better education. On the other hand‚ from the expression of the beautiful bird‚ we can also deduce that our students must have royal quality and great ambition. Basically‚ our bird is composed of various types of geometric
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Aryabhatiya that it was composed 3‚600 years into the Kali Yuga‚ when he was 23 years old. This corresponds to 499 CE‚ and implies that he was born in 476 CE. Aryabhata provides no information about his place of birth. The only information comes from Bhāskara I‚ who describes Aryabhata as āśmakīya‚ "one belonging to the aśmaka country." It is widely attested that‚ during the Buddha’s time‚ a branch of the Aśmaka people settled in the region between the Narmada and Godavari rivers in central India‚ today
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A closer look at the characters in The Wizard of Oz By Mary Ann Monjeau-Warner HUMA 205 Film Critique #1 Instructor: Dr. Tomory March 15‚ 2013 “Transported to a surreal landscape‚ a young girl kills the first woman she meets‚ and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.”(Polito) You would think this is a horror flick coming up. It’s
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In this essay I will be discussing how the Romans high regard for the arts‚ learning‚ and law as well as being an open minded civilization lead to their political advances and achievements through out their time period. I believe that Rome’s high regarding of the arts and learning lead to them being a strong civilization because it taught them how to be more open minded as well as to give them an insight into what their people want in their government and how they want to be lead. Rome’s
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erms The Complete Mathematical Terms Dictionary Understanding math concepts is critical in our world today. Math is used daily by nearly everyone‚ from lay persons to highly degreed professionals. Situations in which math is used vary from simply balancing a checkbook or calculating the amount of change due from a store transaction all the way to making blueprints for an office building or house and the construction of those buildings. Understanding how to solve math problems becomes easier as
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