Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta (
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Brahmagupta was the first to give rules to compute with zero. The texts composed by Brahmagupta were composed in elliptical verse in Sanskrit, as was common practice in Indian mathematics. As no proofs are given, it is not known how Brahmagupta's results were derived.[1]
Brahmagupta Media
Illustration of Brahmagupta's formula based on PD Image:Brahmaguptas_formula.png. Converted to SVG by user:Brighterorange.
Brahmagupta's theorem states that AF = FD.
References
- ↑ "Brahmagupta biography". Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
Other websites
- Brahmagupta's Brahma-sphuta-siddhanta edited by Ram Swarup Sharma, Indian Institute of Astronomical and Sanskrit Research, 1966. English introduction, Sanskrit text, Sanskrit and Hindi commentaries (PDF)