Madhava of Sangamagrama
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1350 – 1425
Who was Madhava of Sangamagrama?
Madhava of Sangamagrama, was an Indian mathematician-astronomer from the town of Sangamagrama near Thrissur, Kerala, India. He is considered the founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. He was the first to use infinite series approximations for a range of trigonometric functions, which has been called the "decisive step onward from the finite procedures of ancient mathematics to treat their limit-passage to infinity". His discoveries opened the doors to what has today come to be known as Mathematical Analysis. One of the greatest mathematician-astronomers of the Middle Ages, Madhava made pioneering contributions to the study of infinite series, calculus, trigonometry, geometry, and algebra.
Some scholars have also suggested that Madhava's work, through the writings of the Kerala school, may have been transmitted to Europe via Jesuit missionaries and traders who were active around the ancient port of Muziris at the time. As a result, it may have had an influence on later European developments in analysis and calculus.
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- Born
- 1350
Kerala - Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Nambudiri
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- 1425
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on July 23, 2013
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