The Math Legends of India

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  1. 4. 12th-century mathematician who worked extensively on trigonometry and calculus concepts.
  2. 9. Ancient script used in early Indian mathematical texts.
  3. 11. Ancient civilization associated with the earliest Indian mathematical practices.
  4. 13. Indian scholar who described binary numbers in poetic meter studies.
  5. 14. Indian mathematician who introduced the concept of zero as a number.
  6. 15. Mathematician and astrologer from the 11th century, known for his work in algebra.
  7. 16. Birthplace of mathematician Ramanujan.
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  1. 1. Ancient Indian system known for speedy mental calculations.
  2. 2. Indian numeral system adopted and spread by Arabs to Europe.
  3. 3. 20th-century genius known for his intuitive grasp of number theory.
  4. 5. He wrote the Aryabhatiya and proposed the value of π as 3.1416.
  5. 6. Astronomer and mathematician who led the Nalanda observatory.
  6. 7. Aryabhata’s approximation of pi.
  7. 8. Country where Ramanujan collaborated with G.H. Hardy.
  8. 10. Kerala mathematician who discovered the infinite series centuries before Newton.
  9. 12. Author of Siddhanta Shiromani, a key work in Indian mathematics.