Brahmagupta

Da Brahmagupta

Da Brahmagupta (Devanagari: ब्रह्मगुप्त; 598 - 668) wor a indischa Mathematika und Astronom.

Ea wor da easchte Mathematika, dea wo Regln fias Rechna mid da Zoi Nui (0) afgstejt hod. Voa eam is de Nui nua ois Laazoachn gnuzt worn. Da oanzige Untaschied zua heitign Mathematik is, dass da Brahmagupta aa de Division duach 0 zuaglossn hod.

Bekannt worn is a voa oim duach zwoa Schriftn zua Mathematik und Astronomie: as Brahmasphutasiddhanta anno 628 und as Khandakhadyaka anno 665.

Literatua

• David Pingree, Artikel Brahmagupta in Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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• Bhanu Murthy, T.S. Bhanu, A modern introduction to ancient Indian mathematics. 2. reprint. (en anglès). New Delhi [u. a.]: Wiley Eastern, 1993. ISBN 81-224-0371-9.
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• Teresi, Dick, Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science. Simon and Schuster, 2002, p. 135. ISBN 0-7432-4379-X.
• Chatterjee, Bina (ed.), The Khandakhadyaka of Brahmagupta, 1970. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3 [Consulta: 20 juliol 2013].
• Prakash, Satya i Sharma, Ram Swarup (eds.), Brāhmasphuṭasiddhāntaḥ. Iṇḍiyana Insṭīṭyūta Āpha Aisṭrānaumikala Eṇḍa Saṃskṛta Risarca, 1966.

Im Netz

• Brahmagupta. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (englisch)
• Literatur von und über Brahmagupta im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek