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Bhāskara I

600 - 680

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Bhāskara (c. 600 – c. 680) (commonly called Bhāskara I to avoid confusion with the 12th-century mathematician Bhāskara II) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu–Arabic decimal system with a circle for the zero, and who gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine function in his commentary on Aryabhata's work. This commentary, Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, written in 629, is among the oldest known prose works in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhāskara I has received more than 758,709 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bhāskara I is the 404th most popular mathematician (up from 535th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from India (up from 407th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bhāskara I ranks 404 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Hamming, Benedetto Castelli, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Enrico Betti, Richard S. Hamilton, and Hans Freudenthal. After him are Philippe de La Hire, Abraham Fraenkel, Guido Fubini, Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, Mary Cartwright, and Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Bhāskara I ranks 45. Before him are Chandrakirti, David the Invincible, Cunimund, Judoc, Emmeram of Regensburg, and Yan Liben. After him are Audomar, Justus, Miro, Chram, Khosrow III, and Bashir ibn Sa'd. Among people deceased in 680, Bhāskara I ranks 8. Before him are Muawiyah I, Abbas ibn Ali, Princess Wencheng, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Muslim ibn Aqil, and Balthild of Chelles. After him are Hilda of Whitby, and Cædmon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhāskara I ranks 323 out of 1,861. Before him are Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), T. H. White (1906), Mastani (1699), Rambhadracharya (1950), Sikandar Lodi (1450), and Puneeth Rajkumar (1975). After him are Bahubali (null), Girish Karnad (1938), Abbé Faria (1756), Viswanathan Anand (1969), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), and Tatya Tope (1814).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Bhāskara I ranks 7. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Brahmagupta (598), Bhāskara II (1114), Augustus De Morgan (1806), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), and Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350). After him are Jai Singh II (1688), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Harish-Chandra (1923), Kātyāyana (-200), and Sulochana Gadgil (1944).

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