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Bhāskara I

600 - 680

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Bhāskara (c. 600 – c. 680; commonly called Bhāskara I to avoid confusion with the 12th-century mathematician Bhāskara II) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu–Arabic decimal system with a circle for the zero, and who gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine function in his commentary on Aryabhata's work. This commentary, Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, written in 629, is among the oldest known prose works in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy. He also wrote two astronomical works in the line of Aryabhata's school: the Mahābhāskarīya ("Great Book of Bhāskara") and the Laghubhāskarīya ("Small Book of Bhāskara"). On 7 June 1979, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Bhāskara I satellite, named in honour of the mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bhāskara I is the 399th most popular mathematician (up from 404th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from India (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bhāskara I ranks 399 out of 1,004. Before him are William George Horner, Helmut Hasse, Qin Jiushao, Theon of Smyrna, Thomas Fincke, and Philippe de La Hire. After him are Rolf Nevanlinna, Peter Barlow, Anders Johan Lexell, Sal Khan, Karl Menger, and Jean Dieudonné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Bhāskara I ranks 43. Before him are Dervan, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Ceawlin of Wessex, Walthari, Hujr ibn Adi, and Abu Salama. After him are Cunimund, Judoc, Yan Liben, David the Invincible, Khosrow III, and Al-Harith ibn Jabalah. Among people deceased in 680, Bhāskara I ranks 8. Before him are Muawiyah I, Abbas ibn Ali, Princess Wencheng, Muslim ibn Aqil, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, and Balthild of Chelles. After him are Hilda of Whitby, and Cædmon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhāskara I ranks 320 out of 1,861. Before him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Phoolan Devi (1963), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Bahadur Shah I (1643), Zakir Naik (1965), and Thiruvalluvar (350). After him are Savitri (1936), Sundar Pichai (1972), Vijay (1974), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), and Dashrath Manjhi (1934).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Bhāskara I ranks 7. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Brahmagupta (598), Bhāskara II (1114), Augustus De Morgan (1806), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892). After him are D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jai Singh II (1688), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), and Harish-Chandra (1923).

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