Biography of famous mathematicians aryabhatta mathematician and teacher

It is however definite that he travelled to Kusumapara modern day Patna for studies and even resided there for some time.

Srinivasa ramanujan contribution to mathematics

It is mentioned in a few places that Aryabhata was the head of the educational institute in Kusumapara. The University of Nalanda had an observatory in its premises so it is hypothesized that Aryabhata was the principal of the university as well. On the other hand some other commentaries mention that he belonged to Kerala.

Aryabhata wrote many mathematical and astronomical treatises. The name of this treatise was not given to it by Aryabhata but by later commentators. This is a very literal name because the treatise did in fact consist of verses. It covers several branches of mathematics such as algebra, arithmetic, plane and spherical trigonometry.

Also included in it are theories on continued fractions, sum of power series, sine tables and quadratic equations. Aryabhata worked on the place value system using letters to signify numbers and stating qualities. He also came up with an approximation of pi and area of a triangle.