10 Things Must Know About Aryabhatta

Posted by : Join Security Wednesday 25 February 2015

Aryabhatta was the great India Mathematician and Astronomer know for it's Great contribution in mathematics and astronomy
Mathematics
  1. Every India says that Zero was invented in India By whom "Aryabhatta
  2. He gave the Approximation of pi   .  This implies that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is ((4 + 100) × 8 + 62000)/20000 = 62832/20000 = 3.1416, which is accurate to five significant figures.
  3. Trigonometry was invented by him.
  4. He had given the value of sine
  5. He also provide sum equation

1^2 + 2^2 + \cdots + n^2 = {n(n + 1)(2n + 1) \over 6}
and
1^3 + 2^3 + \cdots + n^3 = (1 + 2 + \cdots + n)^2
Astronomy
          
         Motions of the solar system
    Aryabhata insisted that the earth rotates about its axis daily, and that  apparent movement of the stars is a relative motion caused by the rotation of the earth

    Eclipses

    Solar and lunar eclipses were scientifically explained by Aryabhata. He states that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight. 

    Sidereal periods

     Aryabhata calculated  sidereal rotation  as 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.1 seconds the modern value is 23:56:4.091. 

    Heliocentrism

    Aryabhatta advocated an astronomical model in which the Earth revolves its own axis.

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