MATHEMATICIAN

Madhava of Sangamagrama

1350 - 1425

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Mādhava of Sangamagrāma (Mādhavan) (c. 1340 – c. 1425) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who is considered to be the founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics in the Late Middle Ages. Madhava made pioneering contributions to the study of infinite series, calculus, trigonometry, geometry and algebra. He was the first to use infinite series approximations for a range of trigonometric functions, which has been called the "decisive step onward from the finite procedures of ancient mathematics to treat their limit-passage to infinity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madhava of Sangamagrama has received more than 598,183 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Madhava of Sangamagrama is the 359th most popular mathematician (down from 352nd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from India (down from 274th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 359 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Ostilio Ricci, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Emil Leon Post, Albert Girard, and Julius Plücker. After him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Kurt Hensel, Lothar Collatz, Ivan Vinogradov, Bruno Abakanowicz, and Heisuke Hironaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 22. Before him are Guillaume Cale, Qara Osman, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Spinello Aretino, Anna of Trebizond, and Ilyas Khoja. After him are Rodrigo de Jerez, Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden, Qulpa, Dan II of Wallachia, Katherine Swynford, and Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina. Among people deceased in 1425, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 10. Before him are Vasily I of Moscow, Jean de Béthencourt, Charles III of Navarre, Lorenzo Monaco, John III, Duke of Bavaria, and Catherine of Burgundy. After him are Bonne of Artois, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, and Odette de Champdivers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 290 out of 1,861. Before him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Margaret Murray (1863), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Alamgir II (1699), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), and Mohammed Rafi (1924). After him are Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Hyder Ali (1720), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), and Sarada Devi (1853).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 6. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Brahmagupta (598), Bhāskara II (1114), Augustus De Morgan (1806), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892). After him are Bhāskara I (600), Jai Singh II (1688), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Kātyāyana (-200).

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