Encyclopedia - Virasena: Encyclopedia - Virasena
Virasena was a 9th century Indian mathematician who gave the derivation of the volume of a frustum by a sort of infinite procedure. He al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pingala: Encyclopedia - Pingala
Pingala (पिङ्गल) is the author of the Chhandah-shastra, the Sanskrit book on meters, or long syllables. This Indian mathemati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baudhayana: Encyclopedia - Baudhayana
Baudhayana, (circa 800 BC), was a Vedic Indian learned man, likely a priest and mathematician (although not in the modern sense). He is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gopala: Encyclopedia - Gopala
Gopala was an Indian mathematician, who studied the Fibonacci numbers in 1135. See also. Indian mathematicians Krishna, protector of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmagupta: Encyclopedia - Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) (598-668) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He was the head of the astronomical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaskara: Encyclopedia - Bhaskara
Bhāskara (1114-1185), also called Bhāskara II and BhāskarāAchārya ("Bhaskara the teacher") was an Indian mathematician. He was born ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parameshvara: Encyclopedia - Parameshvara
Parameshvara (परमेश्वर) (1360-1425) was a major Indian mathematician of Madhava of Sangamagrama's Kerala school. He prese...   » Read the article

Article - Infinity: Zero To Infinity In Indian Mysticism  
Ananta is Sanskrit for infinity. It is equated with the Supreme Brahman - infinitely powerful and so infinitely free. It is bigger tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemachandra: Encyclopedia - Hemachandra
Hemachandra Suri (हेमचन्द्र सूरी) (correct Sanskrit spelling Hemacandra Sürí) (1089 -1172) was one of the gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryabhata: Encyclopedia - Aryabhata
Aryabhata (आर्यभट) Āryabhaṭa) is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in 476 AD i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati
Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621) was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer and mathematician of his time. He was a student of Jyestad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Katyayana: Encyclopedia - Katyayana
Katyayana may refer to: Katyayana (Buddhist), a disciple of Gautama Buddha. Katyayana (mathematician), an Indian mathematician. Other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jagannatha: Encyclopedia - Jagannatha
Jagannatha (1690-1750) was an Indian astronomer and mathematician in the court of Jai Singh. Other related archives1690, 1750, Indian, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhava: Encyclopedia - Madhava
Madhava is a name that can refer to: Vishnu The fourteenth century Indian mathematician, Madhava of Sangamagrama Other related archiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lalla: Encyclopedia - Lalla
Lalla (720 - 790) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who belonged to a family of astronomers. His most famous work was entitled S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaskara I: Encyclopedia - Bhaskara I
Bhaskara I (c. 600 - c. 680) was a 7th century Indian mathematician, who gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Varahamihira: Encyclopedia - Varahamihira
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abjad Numerals: Encyclopedia - Abjad Numerals
Bases Base 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,16, 20, 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 36, 60, 64 The Abjad numerals are a decimal numeral syst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus De Morgan: Encyclopedia - Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan (June 27, 1806 - March 18, 1871) was an Indian-born British mathematician and logician. He formulated De Morgan's laws...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Mathematics - Islamic Mathematicians
Spherical trigonometry was largely developed by Muslims, and systematized (along with plane trigonometry) by Persian mathematician Nasir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Mathematics - Classical Period 400 Ce - 1200 Ce
This period is often known as the golden age of Indian Mathematics. Although earlier Indian mathematics was also very significant, this p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Mathematics - Ancient Period 500 Bc - 400 Ce
Sathanang Sutra, Bhagvati Sutra and Anoyogdwar Sutra are famous books of this time. Apart from these the book titled Tatvarthaadigyam Sut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryabhata: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryabhata - Overview
-Accurately computed pi -Explained solar eclipses -Expounded a heliocentric model of the solar system and accurately computed the length...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aryabhata: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryabhata - Aryabhatiya
His book, the Āryabhatīya, presented astronomical and mathematical theories in which the Earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaskara: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhaskara - Contributions
There have been several allegedly unscrupulous attempts to argue that there are traces of Diophantine influence in Bhaskara's work, but t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parameshvara: Encyclopedia Ii - Parameshvara - Work
Parameshvara's teachers included Rudra, Madhava and Narayana Pundit. Parameshvara wrote many commentaries on many mathematical and astron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - A
List of mathematicians - Aa — Ac. Abakanowicz, Bruno (Poland, 1852 – 1900) Abdelkader, Mostafa A. (?, ? – ) Abel, Niels Hen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - B
List of mathematicians - Ba. Babai, Laszló (Hungary/USA, ? – ) Babbage, Charles (England, 1791 – 1871) Bacaloglu, Emanoil (R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - C
List of mathematicians - Ca. Cabeo, Niccolo (Italy, 1586 – 1650) Caffarelli, Luis (?, ? – ) Cajori, Florian (USA, 1859 – 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - D
List of mathematicians - Da. Daemen, Joan (?, 1965 – ) Damm, Arvid Gerhard (?, ? – ) Dandelin, Germinal Pierre (Belgium/Nethe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhava Of Sangamagrama: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhava Of Sangamagrama - Contributions
He discovered the infinite series for arctan and sin and many methods for calculating the circumference of the circle. One of Madhava's s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - E
List of mathematicians - Ea — Ef. Easley, Annie (USA, 1933 – ) Echegaray, José (Spain, 1832 – 1916) Eckler, A. Ross (?, 1901 �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - F
List of mathematicians - Fa. Faà di Bruno, Francesco (Italy, 1825 – 1888) di Fagnano, Giulio Carlo de' Toschi (Italy, 1682 – 1766...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - G
List of mathematicians - Ga. Gabbay, Dov (?, ? – ) Gale, David (?, ? – ) Galerkin, Boris Grigoryevich (Russia, 1871 – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kerala School: Encyclopedia Ii - Kerala School - Keralese Mathematicians
Kerala School - Narayana Pandit c. 1340-1400. Narayana Pandit, the earliest of the notable Keralese mathematicians, is known to have de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - H
List of mathematicians - Ha. Haar, Alfréd (Hungary, 1885 – 1933) Haavelmo, Trygve (Norway, 1911 – 1999) Haberman, Steven (Britain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - J
List of mathematicians - Ja. Jackson, Steve (USA, ? – ) Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jakob (Germany, 1804 – 1851) Jacobson, Nathan (US...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - K
List of mathematicians - Ka. Kac, Mark (Poland, 1914 – 1984) Kaczmarz, Stefan (Poland, 1895 – 1940) Kaczynski, Theodore (USA, 1942...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - L
List of mathematicians - La. de La Condamine, Charles Marie (France, 1701 – 1774) de La Hire, Philippe (France, 1640 – 1719) de La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - M
List of mathematicians - Ma. Mac Lane, Saunders (USA, 1909 – 2005) Macaulay, Francis Sowerby (England, ? – ) MacAuley, Alexan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - N
List of mathematicians - Na — Ne. Nagata, Masayoshi (Japan, ? – ) Nahavandi, Ahmad (Persia, ? – 845) Naimark, Mark (Uk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - O
List of mathematicians - Oa — Om. Obreshkov, Nikola (?, 1896 – 1963) Odlyzko, Andrew (USA, ? – ) Oesterlé, Joseph (?, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - P
List of mathematicians - Pa. Pacioli, Luca (Italy, 1445 – 1517) Padé, Henri (France, 1863 – 1953) Padoa, Alessandro (Italy, 1868 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - R
List of mathematicians - Ra. Raabe, Joseph Ludwig (Switzerland, 1801 – 1859) Racah, Giulio (Israel, 1909 – 1965) Radau, Rodolphe (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - S
List of mathematicians - Sa. Saá, Diego (?, ? – ) Saccheri, Giovanni Gerolamo (Italy, 1667 – 1733) Sacks, Gerald (USA, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - T
List of mathematicians - Ta. Tacquet, André (Belgium, 1612 – 1660) Taguchi, Genichi (?, 1924 – ) Tahan, Malba (Brazil, 1895 – 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - V
List of mathematicians - Va. Vacca, Giovanni (Italy, 1872 – 1953) Vailati, Giovanni (Italy, 1863 – 1909) de la Vallée-Poussin, Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - W
List of mathematicians - Wa. Wada, Hideo (Japan, ? – ) van der Waerden, Bartel Leendert (Netherlands, 1903 – 1996) Wagner, Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhava Of Sangamagrama: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhava Of Sangamagrama - Kerala School Of Astronomy And Mathematics
Main article: Kerala school Madhava founded the Kerala school, which included as its prominent members Parameswara, Neelakanta Somayaji, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia Ii - Achyuta Pisharati - Narayaneeyam
Pisharati is known to have scolded and provoked an errant Narayana to take up the Brahmin's duties of prayer and religious practices. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - Y
List of mathematicians - Ya — Yo. Yasuaki, Aida (Japan, 1747 – 1817) Yates, Frank (?, 1902 – 1994) Yates, Samuel (?, ? – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematicians - Z
List of mathematicians - Za. Zadeh, Lotfi (Azerbaijan, 1921 – ) Zadeh, Qazi (Persia, 1364 – 1436) Zagier, Don (USA, 1951 – ) Zah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kerala School: Encyclopedia Ii - Kerala School - Possible Transmission Of Keralese Mathematics To Europe
There are a number of publications, including a recent paper of great interest written by D. Almeida, J. John and A. Zadorozhnyy, which s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achyuta Pisharati: Encyclopedia Ii - Achyuta Pisharati - Works
He discovered the technique of 'the reduction of the ecliptic'. He authored Sphuta-nirnaya (sphuta roughly meaning component parts<!no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trigonometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Trigonometry - Early History
The origins of trigonometry trace to the cultures of the ancient Egyptian, Babylonian and Indus Valley civilizations, over 4000-5000 year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Mathematics - Harappan Mathematics 3300 Bc - 1700 Bc
The first appearance of evidence of the use of mathematics in the Indian subcontinent was in the Indus Valley Civilization, which dates b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Mathematics - Vedic Mathematics 1500 Bc - 500 Bc
As a result of the mathematics required for the construction of religious altars, many rules and developments of geometry are found in Ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Mathematics - Keralese Mathematics 1300 Ce -1600 Ce
The Kerala School was a school of mathematics and astronomy founded by Madhava in Kerala (in South India) which included as its prominent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mathematical Analysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematical Analysis - History
Greek mathematicians such as Eudoxus and Archimedes made informal use of the concepts of limits and convergence when they used the method...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trigonometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Trigonometry - Early History
The origins of trigonometry trace to the cultures of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians and Indus Valley civilizations, over 3000 year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibonacci Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibonacci Number - Origins
The earliest known reference to Fibonacci numbers is contained in a book on meters by an Indian mathematician named Pingala called Chhand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Arab And Persian Mathematics 650 - 1200
The Islamic Empire established across the Middle East, North Africa, and in parts of India in the 8th century preserved and translated mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Arabic And Persian Mathematics 650 - 1500
The Islamic Caliphate (Islamic empire) established across the Middle East, North Africa, and in parts of India in the 8th century preserv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Classical Indian Mathematics 200 Bc - Ad 1600
From 200 BC, mathematicians in India began studying mathematics for the sole purpose of science, starting with Jaina mathematicians betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Complex Numbers
When the complex numbers were introduced, there were many who argued that they were imaginary constructs to solve the cubic, and that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Warwick: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Warwick - Staff
Well known members of staff at Warwick have included: Germaine Greer, the feminist author Mike Cowlishaw, creator of the REXX programmin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binary Numeral System: Encyclopedia Ii - Binary Numeral System - History
The ancient Indian mathematician Pingala presented the first known description of a binary numeral system in the 3rd century BC, which co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Florence Nightingale: Encyclopedia Ii - Florence Nightingale - Mathematician & Statistician
Nightingale had exhibited a gift for mathematics from an early age, and excelled in the subject under the tutorship of her father. She ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Everest: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Everest - Measurement
Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal, was the first to identify Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Everest: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Everest - Measurement
Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal, was the first to identify Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tower Of Hanoi: Encyclopedia Ii - Tower Of Hanoi - Origins
The puzzle was invented by the French mathematician Edouard Lucas in 1883. There is a legend about an Indian temple which contains a larg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematics Categories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematics Categories - Mathematics Categories
List of mathematics categories - 0–9. 3-manifolds -- 4-dimensional geometry -- 4-manifolds -- List of mathematics categories - A. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trigonometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Trigonometry - About Trigonometry
Two triangles are said to be similar if one can be obtained by uniformly expanding the other. This is the case if and only if their corre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trigonometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Trigonometry - Trigonometry Today
There are an enormous number of applications of trigonometry. Of particular value is the technique of triangulation which is used in astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mathematics Categories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mathematics Categories - Mathematicians Categories
List of mathematics categories - 0–9. 10th century mathematicians -- 11th century mathematicians -- 12th century mathematicians -- 13...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iii - I
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages III - I . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article