Bhāskara I
Mathematician, Astronomer
0600 – 0680
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Who was Bhāskara I?
Bhāskara was a 7th-century Indian mathematician, who was apparently the first to write numbers in the Hindu decimal system with a circle for the zero, and who gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine function in his commentary on Aryabhata's work. This commentary, Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, written in 629 CE, is the oldest known prose work in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy. He also wrote two astronomical works in the line of Aryabhata's school, the Mahābhāskarīya and the Laghubhāskarīya.
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- Born
- 0600
Parbhani district - Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- 0680
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on July 23, 2013
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