Bhāskara I
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| Born | Parbhani |
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| India | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Bhaskara I's sine approximation formula |
| Books | Mahābhāskarīya |
| Laghubhāskarīya | |
| Die | c. 680 CE |
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| ID | 737209 |
Bhāskara I Life story
Bhāskara was a 7th-century mathematician and astronomer, who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu 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.