Mathematician:Mahaviracharya
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Mathematician
Indian mathematician best known for separating the subject of mathematics from that of astrology.
Gave the sum of a series whose terms are squares of an arithmetical sequence and empirical rules for area and perimeter of an ellipse.
Nationality
Indian
History
- Born: c. 800 in possibly Mysore, India
- Died: c. 870 in India
Achievements
- Solutions of equations of the forms $a x^n = q$ and $a \dfrac {x^n - 1} {x - 1} = p$
- Formulas for the sides and diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral
Publications
- c. 850: Ganita Sara Samgraha ("Compendium of the Essence of Mathematics" or "Compendium of Calculations"), an updating of Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta
Also known as
The name can also be rendered Mahāvīrāchārya.
Mahaviracharya literally means Mahavira the teacher.
Often referred to as just Mahavira.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Indian Puzzles
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mahavira (fl. ad 850)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mahavira (fl. ad 850)
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $3$: Notations and Numbers: Brahmagupta, Mahavira and Bhaskara