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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 Khaṇḍakhādyaka ("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 2,509,127 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Brahmagupta is the 58th most popular mathematician (down from 51st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from India (down from 25th 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 58 out of 823. Before him are Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Gaspard Monge, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, and Abraham de Moivre. After him are Al-Battani, Marin Mersenne, August Ferdinand Möbius, Simon Stevin, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and Alfred North Whitehead.

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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, and Martina. Among people deceased in 670, Brahmagupta ranks 3. Before him are Hasan ibn Ali and Safiyya bint Huyayy. After him are Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Oswiu, Audomar, and Felix of Aquitaine.

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In India

Among people born in India, Brahmagupta ranks 40 out of 1,493. Before him are Padmasambhava (717), Amartya Sen (1933), Mahavira (-599), Julie Christie (1940), Rani of Jhansi (1828), and Jahangir (1569). After him are Tulsidas (1532), Sariputta (-568), Aishwarya Rai (1973), C. V. Raman (1888), Bhāskara II (1114), and Meera (1498).

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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), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940).

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