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The Greatest Indian Mathematicians
The Greatest Indian
Mathematicians
Jignasu N. Chauhan
Associate Professor and Head,,
Mathematics Department,
the leading mathematical center of ancient
Classical :[Upto 11th c. AD]
Aryabhata–Great
mathematician-
India. His works represent a significant
astronomer who gave accurate calculations
knowledge in the
for astronomical constants. His contribution
12th century and has
includes place value system and zero,
been
approximation
called
Indeterminate
of
π,
contribution to mathematical and astronomical
Trigonometry,
equations,
Algebra
the
greatest
mathematician
in
of
mathematics and motions of the solar
medieval India. His
system, Eclipses, Sidereal periods and
main work Siddhanta Shiromani is divided
Heliocentrism in Astronomy. His most
into four parts called Lilavati, Bijaganita,
famous works are the Aryabha iya and the
Grahaganita and Goladhyaya. These four
Arya-siddhanta.[476-550 AD]
sections deal with arithmetic, algebra,
mathematics of the planets, and spheres
Brahmagupta–The first mathematician to
use zero as a number. He used negative
respectively. His work on calculus predates
numbers and zero for computing. The
He is particularly known in the discovery of
modern rule that two negative numbers
the principles of differential calculus and its
multiplied together equals a positive number
application to astronomical problems and
first appears in Brahmasputa siddhanta. His
computations. He was perhaps the first to
major
conceive the differential coefficient and
contribution
are
in
Newton and Leibniz by half a millennium.
algebra,
differential calculus. [1114-1185AD]
arithmetic, Diophantine analysis, Geometry,
Trigonometry and astronomy. [598-670
AD]
Mahaviracharya - Jain mathematician who
asserted that the square root of a negative
Bhaskara I - The first mathematician to
write numbers in the Hindu-Arabicdecimal
number did not exist.He separated Astrology
systemwith a circle forthe zero. Hegave a
terminology for concepts such as equilateral,
remarkable rational approximation of the
and isosceles triangle; rhombus; circle and
sine function in his commentary on
semicircle.He was the author of Ganit Saar
Aryabhata's work. [600-680 AD]
Sangraha. [c. 850]
Bhaskara
II–(Also
Bhaskaracharya)
known
from
as
Mathematics.
Pavuluri
He
Mallana -
established
The
first
the
Telugu
Mathematician who composed the first Telugu
He was a mathematician, astronomer and the
renderingof an original Sanskrit work on
head of an astronomical observatory at Ujjain,
mathematics.
He
translated
Ganit
Saar
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Sangraha into Telugu language. [11th century]
discoveries opened the doors to what has
today come to be known as Mathematical
Varahamihira - Astronomer, Mathematician
and astrologer who was one of the nine jewels
Analysis. He is considered the founder of
(Navaratnas) of the court of legendary ruler
Mathematics. [1350–1425 AD]
Vikramaditya.
He
wrote
the Kerala School of Astronomy and
Pancha-
Siddhantika,Brihat-Samhita. He derived many
Parameshvara
basic results of Trigonometry. [505–587 AD]
mathematician, astrologer and astronomer
-
Hewas
a
major
of the Kerala school of astronomy and
Shridhara
-
He
wrote
on
practical
mathematics. Hehad made a series of
applications of algebra and separated algebra
eclipse observations to verify the accuracy
from arithmetic. He was the first to give a
of the computational methods then in use.
formula for solving quadratic equations. The
Based on his eclipse observations, he
exposition of Sridhara on zero is the most
proposed
explicit. [650-850 AD]
astronomical parameters which had been in
several
corrections
to
the
use since the times of Aryabhata. He was
Medieval to Mughal period
:[13–18 century]
also a creative writer on matters relating to
astronomy. [1360–1455 AD]
Narayana Pandit - Writer of the book Ganita
Kaumudi
and
Hitopadesh.
anticipatedmany
His
work
developments
in
Nilakantha Somayaji - He was a major
mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala
combinatorics.Narayanan's other major works
school of astronomy and mathematics. One
contain
of his most influential works was the
a
variety
of
mathematical
developments, including a rule to calculate
comprehensive
approximate
values
of
square
roots,
Tantrasamgraha. He had also composed an
investigations
into
the
second
order
elaborate
2
2
astronomical
commentary
on
treatise
Aryabhatiya
indeterminate equation nq + 1 = p (Pell's
called the Aryabhatiya Bhasya where he had
equation), solutions of indeterminate higherorder equations, mathematical operations with
discussed infinite series expansions of
zero,
several
geometrical
rules,
and
a
discussion of magic squares, differential
calculus
and
to
the
topic
of
trigonometric functions and problems of
algebra and spherical geometry. [1444-1544
AD]
cyclic
quadrilaterals.[1340–1400 AD]
Mahendra Suri – He was the Jain
astronomer who wrote the Yantraraja, the
Madhava
-One
of
the
greatest
mathematician-astronomers of the Middle
first Indian treatise on the astrolabe. [14th
century]
Ages. He made pioneering contributions to
the study of infinite series, calculus,
Shankara
Variyar
–
He
was
trigonometry, geometry and algebra. His
astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala
an
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school of astronomy and mathematics. He
wasthe author of some astronomical treaties
The Greatest Indian Mathematicians
solar/lunar eclipses and planetary transits
across the sun's disk. [1616-1700 AD]
and of a small work with solutions and
proofs for algebraic equations. [1500–1560
AD]
Jagannatha Samrat – Hewas an Indian
astronomer and mathematician. He learned
Arabic and Persian in order to study Islamic
Raghunatha Siromani – He was an Indian
philosopher and logician. His analysis of
astronomy. His works include Rekhaganita, a
relations revealed the true nature of number,
Siddhantasarakaustubha, a translation of the
inseparable from the abstraction of natural
Almagest from Arabic;Siddhanta-samrat and
phenomena and his studies of metaphysics
Yantraprakara,
dealt with the negation or nonexistence of a
astronomical observations made by him.
complex reality. [1475–1550 AD]
[1652–1744 AD]
Jyeshtadeva -He was an astronomer-
Born in 1800s
mathematicianof the Kerala school of
1.Ramchandra (1821–1880)
astronomy and mathematics. He is best
2.Ganesh Prasad (1876–1935)
known as the author of Yuktibhā ā, which
3.Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920)
was considered as the first text book of
4.A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892–1953)
calculus. [1500– 1610 AD]
Born in 1900s
translation
of
Euclid's
which
Elements;
also
record
1.T. Vijayaraghavan (1902–1955)
Achyuta Pisharati –He was a Sanskrit
grammarian, astrologer, astronomer and
2.Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar (1905–
mathematician
3.Sarvadaman Chowla (1907–1995)
ofMadhava's
Kerala
1986)
school.He discovered the technique of 'the
4.Lakkoju Sanjeevaraya Sharma(1907–1998)
reduction of the ecliptic'. He authored
5.Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar(1910–1995)
Sphuta-nirnaya, Raasi-gola-sphuta-neetiand a
6.S. S. Shrikhande (born 1917)
four- chapter treatise on lunar and solar
7.Harish-Chandra (1920–1983)
eclipses. [1550– 1621 AD]
8.Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao(born 1920)
9.Mathukumalli V. Subbarao (1921–2006)
Munishvara – He was a mathematician who
produced accurate sine tables. [17th century]
10.P. K. Srinivasan (1924–2005)
11.Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (born 1930)
12.M. S. Narasimhan (born 1932)
Kamalakara– He was an Indian astronomer
and
mathematician.
He
wrote
13.C. S. Seshadri (born 1932)
Siddhāntatattvaviveka which deals with the
15.Vinod Johri (born 1935)
topics of: units of time measurement; motions
16.S. Ramanan (born 1937)
of the planets; longitudes of the planets;
17.C. P. Ramanujam (1938–1974)
diameters and distances of the planets; the
18.Shakuntala Devi (Born 1939)
earth's
19.V. N. Bhat (1938–2009)
shadow;
the
moon's
crescent;
14.K. S. S. Nambooripad (born 1935)
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20.S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (born 1940)
21.M. S. Raghunathan (born 1941)
22.Gopal Prasad (born 1945)
23.Vijay Kumar Patodi (1945–1976)
24.S. G. Dani (born 1947)
25.Raman Parimala (born 1948)
26.Navin M. Singhi (born 1949)
27.Narendra Karmarkar (born 1957)
28.Manindra Agrawal (born 1966)
29.Madhu Sudan (born 1966)
30.Chandrashekhar Khare (born 1968)
31.Manjul
Bhargava
(Indian
origin
American)(1974)
32.Amit Garg (born 1978)
33.Akshay
Venkatesh
(Indian
origin Australian) (born 1981)
34.Kannan Soundararajan (born 1982)
35.Sucharit Sarkar (born 1983)
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