BRAHMAGUPTA: THE GREAT INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER
BRAHMAGUPTA: THE GREAT INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER Who was Brahmagupta? Brahmagupta ( 597- 668AD) was one such genius Astronomer - Mathematician. His father Jisnugupta was an Astrologer in the city of Bhinmal ( Rajasthan). Brahmagupta too considered himself an Astronomer however today he is remembered for his huge contributions to the field of Mathematics. He made pivotal contributions to arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and the study of quadratic indeterminate equations and was the first to give rules to compute with z ero . Contributions to Mathematics Brahmagupta’s work the ‘Brahmasphutasiddhanta’ contained many mathematical findings written in verse form. It had many rules of arithmetic which is part of the mathematical solutions now. The book also consisted of many geometrical theories like the ‘Pythagorean Theorem’ for a right angle triangle. He produced a formula to find the area of any four-sided shape whose corners touch the insi...