ARJABATTA c.476 - c.535 Indian Astronomer Arjabatta, or Aryabhata, was the earliest known Indian mathema-tician. He was one of the first known to use algebra. He established 33 rules in arithmetic and wrote about the treatment of indeterminate equations by the application of continued fractions - a method used today. As astronomer Arjabatta discovered the rotation of the earth and explained the reason for sun and moon eclipses. |
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