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 Indian Mathematician – Bhaskaracharya II

 

Bhaskara II (1114 – 1185), also known as Bhaskara II and Bhaskara Achārya ("Bhaskara the teacher"), was an Indian mathematician and astronomer.Bhaskaracharya was the first mathematician to write a work with full and systematic use of the decimal number system. Bhaskara II became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain to join Ujjain, India’s “most prestigious mathematical centre” at the time. It was at Ujjain where Bhaskara II would formulate the ideas which would go on to become his legacy.

Work of Bhaskara II

Bhaskara is mainly remembered for his 1150 A. D. masterpiece, the Siddhanta Siromani (Crown of Treatises) which he wrote at the age of 36. The treatise comprises 1450 verses which have four segments. Each segment of the book focuses on a separate field of astronomy and mathematics.

His poem:

A fifth part of a swarm of bees came to rest on the flower of Kadamba,

 a third on the flower of Silinda

 Three times the difference between these two numbers flew over a flower of Krutaja,

 and one bee alone remained in the air,

attracted by the perfume of a jasmine in bloom

 Tell me, beautiful girl, how many bees were in the swarm?

Step-by-step explanation:  Number of bees- x

A fifth part of a swarm of bees came to rest on the flower of Kadamba- 1/5 x;A third on the flower of Silinda- 1/3 x;Three times the difference between these two numbers flew over a flower of Krutaja- 3×(1/3−1/5).

The sum of all bees: x=(1/5)x+(1/3)x+3×(1/3−1/5)x+1x  = 15


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