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Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero → Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in 476 AD in Ashmaka but later lived in Kusumapura, which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with Patilputra (modern Patna).



Aryabhata gave the world the digit "0" (zero) for which he became immortal. His book, the Aryabhatiya, presented astronomical and mathematical theories in which the Earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and the periods of the planets were given with respect to the sun (in other words, it was heliocentric). This book is divided into four chapters: the astronomical constants and the sine table mathematics required for computations division of time and rules for computing the longitudes of planets using eccentrics and epicycles the armillary sphere, rules relating to problems of trigonometry and the computation of eclipses. In this book, the day was reckoned from one sunrise to the next, whereas in his ?ryabhata-siddh?nta he took the day from one midnight to another. There was also difference in some astronomical parameters.

Aryabhata also gave an accurate approximation for Pi. In the Aryabhatiya, he wrote: "Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight and then add sixty-two thousand. the result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. By this rule the relation of the circumference to diameter is given." In other words, ? = 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places....









Aryabhata gave the world the digit "0" (zero) for which he became immortal. His book, the Aryabhatiya, presented astronomical and mathematical theories in which the Earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and the periods of the planets were given with respect to the sun (in other words, it was heliocentric). This book is divided into four chapters: the astronomical constants and the sine table mathematics required for computations division of time and rules for computing the longitudes of planets using eccentrics and epicycles the armillary sphere, rules relating to problems of trigonometry and the computation of eclipses. In this book, the day was reckoned from one sunrise to the next, whereas in his ?ryabhata-siddh?nta he took the day from one midnight to another. There was also difference in some astronomical parameters.

Aryabhata also gave an accurate approximation for Pi. In the Aryabhatiya, he wrote: "Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight and then add sixty-two thousand. the result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. By this rule the relation of the circumference to diameter is given." In other words, ? = 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places....



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Related • Inventions • Inventors • Mathematicians • Scientists • Astronomy • India • Mathematics • Middle Ages • Science • All Events • Icons • People Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in 476 AD in Ashmaka but later lived in Kusumapura, which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with Patilputra (modern Patna).Aryabhata gave the world the digit "0" (zero) for which he became immortal. His book, the Aryabhatiya, presented astronomical and mathematical theories in which the Earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and the periods of the planets were given with respect to the sun (in other words, it was heliocentric). This book is divided into four chapters: the astronomical constants and the sine table mathematics required for computations division of time and rules for computing the longitudes of planets using eccentrics and epicycles the armillary sphere, rules relating to problems of trigonometry and the computation of eclipses. In this book, the day was reckoned from one sunrise to the next, whereas in his ?ryabhata-siddh?nta he took the day from one midnight to another. There was also difference in some astronomical parameters.Aryabhata also gave an accurate approximation for Pi. In the Aryabhatiya, he wrote: "Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight and then add sixty-two thousand. the result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. By this rule the relation of the circumference to diameter is given." In other words, ? = 62832/20000 = 3.1416, correct to four rounded-off decimal places....More • http://en.wikipedia. ... /Aryabhata View • Books Related • Founders



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