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Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta wrote on mathematics and astronomy, including number systems, square-root procedures and quadratic equations.

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Brahmagupta wrote on mathematics and astronomy, including number systems, square-root procedures and quadratic equations.

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His mathematical setting belongs to the history of explicit calculation procedures. Modern algorithms should be compared with the actual procedures rather than attributed wholesale to a single ancient author.

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  1. Brahmagupta wrote on mathematics and astronomy, including number systems, square-root procedures and quadratic equations.

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Sources

  1. J. J. O’Connor and E. F. Robertson — Brahmagupta, MacTutor, University of St Andrews

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