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Here is a chronology of the main Indian mathematicians: |
Here is a chronology of the main Indian mathematicians: |
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*[[Yajnavalkya]], 1800 BC, the author of the altar mathematics of the [[Shatapatha Brahmana]]. |
*[[Yajnavalkya]], 1800 BC, the author of the altar mathematics of the [[Shatapatha Brahmana]]. |
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*[[Lagadha]] - Author of a [[1350 BC]] text on Vedic astronomy |
*[[Lagadha]] - Author of a [[1350 BC]] text on Vedic astronomy |
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*[[Bharata Muni]], 450 BC |
*[[Bharata Muni]], 450 BC |
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*[[Aryabhata]] - Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for constants, 500 AD |
*[[Aryabhata]] - Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for constants, 500 AD |
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*[[Varahamihira]] |
*[[Varahamihira]] |
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*[[Aryabhata II]], 920-1000 |
*[[Aryabhata II]], 920-1000 |
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*[[Vateshvara]] ([[10th century]]) |
*[[Vateshvara]] ([[10th century]]) |
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*[[Brahmadeva]], 1060-1130 |
*[[Brahmadeva]], 1060-1130 |
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*[[Sripati]], 1019-1066 |
*[[Sripati]], 1019-1066 |
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Revision as of 20:59, 19 June 2005
Here is a chronology of the main Indian mathematicians:
BC
- Yajnavalkya, 1800 BC, the author of the altar mathematics of the Shatapatha Brahmana.
- Lagadha - Author of a 1350 BC text on Vedic astronomy
- Baudhayana, 800 BC
- Manava, 750 BC
- Apastamba, 700 BC
- Aksapada Gautama, 550 BC, Logician
- Katyayana, 400 BC
- Panini, 5th century BC
- Pingala, 5th century BC
- Bharata Muni, 450 BC
1-1000
- Aryabhata - Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for constants, 500 AD
- Varahamihira
- Bhaskara I, 620 AD
- Brahmagupta - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic,
- Virahanka (8th century) - Gave explicit rules for the Fibonacci series.
- Shridhara (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere.
- Lalla, 720-790
- Govindsvamin (9th century)
- Virasena
- Mahavira (9th century)
- Jayadeva (9th century)
- Prithudaka, 9th century
- Halayudha, 10th century
- Aryabhata II, 920-1000
- Vateshvara (10th century)
1000-1800
- Brahmadeva, 1060-1130
- Sripati, 1019-1066
- Gopala - Studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
- Hemachandra - Also studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
- Bhaskara
- Gangesha Upadhyaya, 13th century, Logician, Mithila school
- Pakshadhara, sone of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school
- Shankara Mishra, Logician, Mithila school
- Narayana Pandit
- Madhava - Considered the father of mathematical analysis
- Parameshvara (1360-1455)
- Nilakantha Somayaji - Mathematician and Astronomer
- Mahendra Suri (14th century)
- Shankara Variyar (c. 1530)
- Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, 1450-1525, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Raghunatha Shiromani, (1475-1550), Logician, Navadvipa school
- Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha, c. 1575, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Jyesthadeva
- Jagadisha Tarkalankara, c. 1625, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Gadadhara Bhattacharya, c. 1650, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Munishvara (17th century)
- Kamalakara (1657)
- Jagannatha (1730)
Born in 1800s
- Jagdish Chandra Bose
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)
- Satyendra Nath Bose
- C.V. Raman
- P.C. Mahalanobis
- Meghnad Saha
- A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar
Born in 1900s
- S. Chandrasekhar
- Raj Chandra Bose, 1902-
- D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri
- Harish-Chandra
- C.Radhakrishna Rao
- G.N. Ramachandran, 1922-2001
- George Sudarshan
- Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
- Vijay Kumar Patodi
- Narendra Karmarkar
- M.V. Subbarao
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