Aryabhata
Aryabhata or Aryabhata I was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya and the Arya-siddhanta.
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- Pataliputra
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Trending topics shown first"The Aryabhatiya consists of four sections:1.Dasagitika ; 2.Ganitapada ; 3.Kala-kriyapada 25 verses on time-reckoning), and 4. Golapada"
"With Kala-kriya he turned to astronomy — in particular, treating planetary motion along the ecliptic. The topics include definitions of various units of time, eccentric and epicyclic models of planeta…"
"The Hindus were not so successful in geometry. In the measurement and construction of altars the priests formulated the Pythagorean theorem several hundred years before the birth of Christ. Aryabhata,…"
"He gave more elegant rules for the sum of the squares and cubes of an initial segment of the positive integers. The sixth part of the product of three quantities consisting of the number of terms, the…"
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