Who is Aryabhata I?
Aryabhata I was an Indian mathematician who wrote the Aryabhatiya which summarises Hindu mathematics up to that 6th Century. Aryabhata is also known as Aryabhata I to distinguish him from the later mathematician of the same name who lived about 400 years later.
What is the contribution of Aryabhata in the field of mathematics?
Ans. Aryabhata’s major discoveries in the works not lost were the value of pi, that is 3.14, the heliocentrism of the solar system wherein he estimated the axial rotation of planets around the sun. And mostly used Indian languages in his mathematical equations.
Where is the statue of Aryabhata located?
Statue of Aryabhata at the IUCAA, Pune (although there is no historical record of his appearance). Aryabhata ( Sanskrit: आर्यभट, ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician – astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.
How many verses are there in the Aryabhatiya?
The surviving text is Aryabhata’s masterpiece the Aryabhatiya Ⓣ which is a small astronomical treatise written in 118 verses giving a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that time. Its mathematical section contains 33 verses giving 66 mathematical rules without proof.