Aryabhatta the mathematician short story

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ARYABHATTA

ARYABHATTA

Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was born in Patliputra in Magadha, modern Patna in Bihar. Many are of the view that  was born in the south India especially Kerala and lived in Magadha at the time of the Gupta rulers; time which is known as the golden age of India.


There is no evidence that he was born outside Patliputra and traveled to Magadha, the center of education and learning of his studies where he even set up a coaching center.


Whatever his origin, it cannot be argued that he lived in Patliputra where he he wrote his famous treatise the Aryabhatta-siddhanta but more famously the Aryabhatiya, the only work to have survived, It contains Mathematical and astronomical theories that have been revealed to be quite accurate in modern mathematics. For instance, he wrote that if 3 is added to 100 and then multiply 8 then added to 62,000 then divided by 20,000 the answer will be equal to the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. This calculates to 3.1416 close to the actual value Pi ( π ) (3.14159). But his greatest contribution was zero. His other works include Algebra, Arithmetic, Trigonometry, Quadratic equation and the sine table.


He already knew that the earth spins on its axis, the earth moves round the sun and the moon rotates round the earth. He talks about the position of the planets in relations to its movement around the sun. He refers to the light of the planets and the moon as reflection from the sun. he goes as far as t explain the eclipse of the moon and the sun, day and night, the contours of the earth, the length of the year exactly as 365 days.


He even computed the circumference of the earth as 24835 miles which is close to modern day calculation of 24900 miles.


This remarkable man was a genius and continues to baffle many mathematics of today. His works was then the Arabs.

ARYABHATTA BIOGRAPHY

STACHU OF ARYABHATTA

Aryabhata
Mathematician

Description

Description

Aryabhata or Aryabhata I was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya and the Arya-siddhanta. For his explicit mention of the relativity of motion, he also qualifies as a major early physicist. Wikipedia
Born: 476 AD, Pataliputra
Died: 550 AD, India
Main interests: Mathematics, astronomy
Era: Gupta era



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