Presented by :

Tenzin Choeyang

Class X

ARYABHATA THE GREAT INDIAN

ASTRONOMY MATHEMATICIAN

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Aryabhata

First Indian astronomer mathematicians

Born: 476 CE, Kerala India Education : Patna Bihar Died: 550 CE (at age 74),

His work

Aryabhatiya’ a book which was a compilation of mathematics and astronomy. 

It covers several branches of mathematics such as algebra, arithmetic, plane and spherical

trigonometry.

Mathematics 1. Place value system of a number

His work on place value system of number through letter.

Aryabhata clearly mentions in his book when we take a limited set of number from 1,2,3,…. 9 and combine them to represent bigger numerical values like 892409.

“from place to place increase 10 times”.

OnesOnesThousandsThousands

8 9 2 4 0 9

2. Zero Aryabhata gave the world the digit "0"

(zero) for which he became immortal. He used zero as to denote empty space in a number system.

3. Pi(π)

Aryabhata work on the approximation for pi (π)

Ratio of circumference to diameter is 3.1416.

i.e. π = 3.14 π is an irrational number.

Honours

 India’s first satellite was named as Aryabhata.

Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences near Nainital.

Aryabhata Knowledge University in Patna, in India

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