Aryabhata, also called Aryabhata I or Aryabhata the Elder, (born , possibly Ashmaka or Kusumapura, India), astronomer and the earliest Indian. Aryabhata(some time misspelled as ‘Aryabhatta’) was one of the first Indian mathematicians and astronomers belonging to the classical age. He was born in In [8] it is claimed that Aryabhata was born in the Asmaka region of the Vakataka dynasty in South India although the author accepted that he lived most of his life.
Aryabhata and Diophantus' son, Hindustan Times Storytelling Science column, Nov 2004. Aryabhata Wasinee Siewsrichol Aryabhata’s life Around 1,200 years ago, Abdullah Al Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph, founded his new capital Baghdad, where he conducted a scienti c conference. The Greek, Nestorian, Byzantine, Jewish, and Hindu scholars were invited.
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Archived from the original on 1 April Aryabhata mentions “Lanka” on several occasions in the Aryabhatiyabut his “Lanka” is an abstraction, standing for a point on the equator at the same longitude as his Ujjayini. It also contained a description of several astronomical instruments: The university is governed by Bihar State University Act Aryabhata correctly insisted that the earth rotates about its axis daily, and that the apparent movement of the stars is a relative motion caused by the rotation of the earth, contrary to the then-prevailing view, that the sky rotated.
Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Later in the 12th century, when Gherardo of Cremona translated these writings from Arabic into Latin, he replaced the Arabic jaib with its Latin counterpart, sinuswhich means “cove” or “bay”; thence comes the English word sine. They in turn revolve around the Earth. Retrieved 8 February In Ganita Aryabhata names the first 10 decimal places and gives algorithms for obtaining square and cubic roots, using the decimal number system.
In fact, modern names “sine” and “cosine” are mistranscriptions of the words jya and kojya as introduced by Aryabhata.
Aryabhata’s astronomical calculation methods were also very influential. His major work, Aryabhatiyaa compendium of mathematics and astronomy, was extensively referred to in the Indian mathematical literature autobiogfaphy has survived to modern times. In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikisource. Aryabhata mentions in the Aryabhatiya that it was composed 3, years into the Kali Yugawhen he was 23 years autobiogdaphy. It is written in the very terse style typical of sutra literature, in which each line is an aid to memory for a complex system.
It might be considered a nickname of sorts for Maharashtra or Dhaka. The Rosen Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 14 September He correctly stated that the earth rotates about its axis daily.
Aryabhata II
He served as the head of an institution kulapa at Kusumapura and might have also been the head of the Nalanda university. Within the mathematics portion of the work, a great deal was written about high level math topics such as plane trigonometry and spherical trigonometry, along with sections on arithmetic, quadratic equations, and algebra. He has left an amazing legacy to be sure. Archived from the original PDF on 31 March Walter Eugene Clark David Pingree.
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Another work known as the Arya-siddhanta is really only known through references to it in the works of Varahamihira, Brahmagupta, and Bhaskara I. More About Aryabhata 5 references found in Britannica articles Assorted References achievements in mathematics and astronomy In education: The inter-school Aryabhata Maths Competition is also named after him, [44] as is Bacillus aryabhataa species of bacteria discovered in the stratosphere by ISRO scientists in Aryabhata discussed the concept of sine in his work by the name of ardha-jyawhich literally means “half-chord”.
By this rule the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 20, can be approached. His contribution to the study of Algebra is immense. Gupta 31 July Babylonian mathematics Chinese mathematics Greek mathematics Islamic mathematics European mathematics.
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autobiograpuy He did not use a symbol for zero; its knowledge was implicit in his place-value system as a place holder for the powers of ten with null coefficients. Some archaeological evidence suggests that he came from the present day Kodungallur, the historical capital city of Thiruvanchikkulam of ancient Kerala – this theory is strengthened by the several commentaries on him having come from Kerala.
Fragments of the Arya-siddhanta Another work known as the Arya-siddhanta is really only known through references to it in the works of Varahamihira, Brahmagupta, and Bhaskara I.
Portions of the work aryabuata quoted in other works and this has allowed it to avoid becoming lost. Archived from the original PDF on 21 July The remaining historical records from the era piece together a hypothesis about his advanced level education taking place at Kusumapura and that he lived in this area for quite some time.
Aryabhata the Elder
Later Indian astronomers improved on the calculations, but Aryabhata’s methods provided the core. Alpha Science Int’l Ltd. Thus, it has been suggested that Aryabhata’s calculations were based on an underlying heliocentric model, in which the planets orbit the Sun, [35] [36] [37] though this has been rebutted. He calculated the circumference of the earth as 62, miles, which is an excellent approximation, and suggested that the apparent rotation of the heavens was due to the axial rotation of the earth on its axis.