| Brahmagupta, Man who found zero, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (1) |  | Manufacturer: Ruwan Rajapakse
Category: EBooks
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Sales Rank: 52145
Format: Kindle Book
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Edition: 1
ASIN: B001AGPR42
Publication Date: May 10, 2008
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Brahmagupta was the first to consider zero as a number on its own right. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were known to Greeks, Chinese and many other civilizations. Greeks conducted these operations using Greek numbers. These pre Brahmagupta methods were extremely cumbersome. Methods we use today based on Hindu Arabic number system was due to Brahmagupta. Brahmagupta gave rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in his book Brahmasputa Siddhanta. He was also the first to incorporate negative numbers to the number system. Brahmagupta is also the first to solve the quadratic equation using general methods. Greek mathematician Diophantus solved the quadratic equation using special ad hoc methods prior to Brahmagupta. Brahmagupta is the first to start solving equations using general methods. Four fundamental operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) discovered by Brahmagupta are used today in engineering, mathematics, commerce and science.
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