Brahmagupta was a great 7th century (AD 597-668) Indian mathematician and astrologer hailinfg from yhr state of Rajasthan. Brahmagupta became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain.
In his work on arithmetic, Brahmagupta explained hoe to find the cube and cube-root of an integer,and gave rules facilitating the computation of square and square roots.He also gave rules for dealing with five types of combinations of fractions.
Brahmagupta's genius, however, came in his treatment of the concept of zero.Although the number zero is often also attributed to the 7th century Indian mathematician Bhaskara 1,Brahmagupta's 'Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta' is probably the earliest known text to treat Zero as a number in its own right,rather than as simply a place holder digit as was done till then.
Brahmagupta also dedicated a substantial portion of his work to geometry and trigonometry.
In his work on arithmetic, Brahmagupta explained hoe to find the cube and cube-root of an integer,and gave rules facilitating the computation of square and square roots.He also gave rules for dealing with five types of combinations of fractions.
Brahmagupta's genius, however, came in his treatment of the concept of zero.Although the number zero is often also attributed to the 7th century Indian mathematician Bhaskara 1,Brahmagupta's 'Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta' is probably the earliest known text to treat Zero as a number in its own right,rather than as simply a place holder digit as was done till then.
Brahmagupta also dedicated a substantial portion of his work to geometry and trigonometry.
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