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Brahmagupta

He was the Indian mathematician and astronomer who was head of the observatory at Ujjain. His works are Chadamekala, Brahmasphutasiddanta, Khandakhadyaka, Durkeamynarda. It is believed that the Arabic work Sinhind was a translation of the Brahmasphutasiddanta.

Contributions

Solution to general linear equations
Solution to simultaneous indeterminate equations
Recommended Pulverizers
Cube Roots
Rules for 5 combinations of fractions
Sum of squares and cubes
Earliest Work to use Zero
Operations on negative numbers
Explains Pythogorean Triples
Solves Pell’s equations using Pulverizer (Euclidean Algorithm)
Formulae for cyclic quadrilaterals
Brahmagupta’s theorem describes the length of a diagonal in a cyclic quadrilateral
Construction of figures using right triangles
Sine Table
Establishes that the moon is closer to Earth than the Sun
Methods for calculating the position of heavenly bodies over time
Earth and Heaven are spherical
Earth is moving
Used gravitation to support the Earth’s spherical theory


Bhaskaracharya – The Crown Jewel of Mathematics and AstronomyA Glance at the Astronomical Achievements of Bhaskaracharya…
1. The Earth is not flat, has no support and has a power of attraction.
2. The north and south poles of the Earth experience six months of day and six months of night.
3. One day of Moon is equivalent to 15 earth-days and one night is also equivalent to 15 earth-days.
4. Bhaskaracharya had accurately calculated apparent orbital periods of the Sun and orbital periods of Mercury, Venus, and Mars. There is slight difference between the orbital periods he calculated for Jupiter and Saturn and the corresponding modern values.
5. Earth’s atmosphere extends to 96 kilometers and has seven parts.
6. There is a vacuum beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

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