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Brahmagupta

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Brahmagupta

Gender: Male

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Publication visits the Gwalior zero inscription

📅 7 October 2013

The 7 October 2013 article examines an Indian temple inscription containing circular zero symbols.

Gwalior preserves zero within place-value numerals

📅 7 October 2013

Numbers in the inscription show zero functioning as a written positional digit in practical measurement and donation records.

The article traces numerals from India through the Islamic world

📅 7 October 2013

It emphasizes that the so-called Arabic numerals reached Europe through a longer Indian-Arabic chain of transmission.

Mathematical and philosophical ideas of emptiness are compared

📅 7 October 2013

The publication explores possible cultural relationships while avoiding the claim that philosophy alone mechanically produced mathematical zero.

Publication traces India's mathematical influence westward

📅 1 September 2024

The 1 September 2024 article follows numerals, zero and mathematical astronomy from India through Baghdad into Europe.

Brahmagupta's rules for zero and negative numbers are highlighted

📅 1 September 2024

The article presents his 628 treatise as a major turning point in treating zero as a number within arithmetic.

Aryabhata's trigonometry and astronomy receive public attention

📅 1 September 2024

His approximation of pi, sine methods and computational astronomy are placed beside better-known Greek achievements.

The article criticizes colonial historical memory

📅 1 September 2024

It argues that British education still underrepresents the Indian foundations of numerical methods used across the modern world.