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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 as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madhava of Sangamagrama has received more than 544,954 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Madhava of Sangamagrama is the 352nd most popular mathematician (up from 401st in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from India (down from 269th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 352 out of 823. Before him are Karl Menger, Eutocius of Ascalon, Ostilio Ricci, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, John G. Thompson, and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde. After him are Alain Connes, Maurice René Fréchet, Philipp Frank, Sergei Novikov, James Stirling, and Paul Émile Appell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 21. Before him are Agnolo Gaddi, Leonor Teles, Qara Osman, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Anna of Trebizond, and Spinello Aretino. After him are Ilyas Khoja, Dan II of Wallachia, Qulpa, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, Anabella Drummond, and Katherine Swynford. Among people deceased in 1425, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 11. Before him are Charles III of Navarre, Lorenzo Monaco, Jean de Béthencourt, John III, Duke of Bavaria, Bonne of Artois, and Catherine of Burgundy. After him is Ashikaga Yoshikazu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhava of Sangamagrama ranks 277 out of 1,493. Before him are Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Wilfred Bion (1897), Khudiram Bose (1889), Ratan Tata (1937), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), and P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921). After him are Amrapali (-450), Skandagupta (500), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Bhavabhuti (null), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), and Jim Corbett (1875).

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

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