Timeline of Ancient Hindu Mathematicians and the Development of Zero
Timeline of Ancient Hindu Mathematicians and the Development of Zero 1. Baudhayana (~800 BCE): – Contributions: Authored one of the earliest Sulba Sutras, which contain geometric principles used for altar constructions, including approximations of the square root of 2 and the Pythagorean theorem.– Relevance to Zero: No direct evidence of the use of zero; his […]
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