Thursday, September 18, 2014

Today we know about the great mathematician Arayabhatta . He is born in 476,Ashmaka or Kusumapura India He is an astronomer also .He flourished in kusupura near Patliputra(Patna) then the capital of Gupta dynasty. He is particularly popular in south India at that time . Written in verse couplets this work deals with Mathematics and Astronomy. The work is characteristically divided into three sections - 
1. Ganita(Mathematics)
2. Kala - Kriya (Time&work)
3.Gola(Sphere)
In Ganita he developed the first ten decimal places and gives algorithm for obtaining square and cubic Root utilizing the decimal number system .The value of π is 1st of all given by him (62832÷20000) and developed 
that the value of π is goes up to infinite times,developed property of similar right angle triangle and property of two intersecting circles utilizing the Pythagorean theorem.

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