Aryabhata
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Aryabhata , c.476-550, Hindu mathematician and astronomer. He is one of the first known to have used algebra; his writings include rules of arithmetic and of plane and spherical trigonometry, and solutions of quadratic equations.
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