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Brahmagupta

598 - 670

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Brahmagupta (c. 598 – c. 668 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He is the author of two early works on mathematics and astronomy: the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta (BSS, "correctly established doctrine of Brahma", dated 628), a theoretical treatise, and the Khandakhadyaka ("edible bite", dated 665), a more practical text. In 628 CE, Brahmagupta first described gravity as an attractive force, and used the term "gurutvākarṣaṇam (गुरुत्वाकर्षणम्)" in Sanskrit to describe it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brahmagupta has received more than 2,665,808 page views. His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Brahmagupta is the 50th most popular mathematician (up from 58th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from India (up from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Mathematician.

Brahmagupta is most famous for the Brahmagupta-Fibonacci series, which is a set of numbers that are the sum of the two previous numbers.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Brahmagupta ranks 50 out of 1,004. Before him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Archytas, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Eudoxus of Cnidus. After him are Sophie Germain, Karl Weierstrass, Philolaus, Marin Mersenne, Norbert Wiener, and Claude Shannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 598, Brahmagupta ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Taizong of Tang. After him are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Qasim ibn Muhammad, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Martina, and Princess Pingyang. Among people deceased in 670, Brahmagupta ranks 2. Before him is Hasan ibn Ali. After him are Safiyya bint Huyayy, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Audomar, Oswiu, Amalberga of Maubeuge, and Felix of Aquitaine.

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In India

Among people born in India, Brahmagupta ranks 35 out of 1,861. Before him are Jahangir (1569), Adi Shankara (788), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), and Salman Khan (1965). After him are Kabir (1440), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Amir Khusrow (1253), and Sita (null).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Brahmagupta ranks 2. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887). After him are Bhāskara II (1114), Augustus De Morgan (1806), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Bhāskara I (600), Jai Singh II (1688), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Kātyāyana (-200).

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