Jayadeva (जयदेव) was a ninth-century
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
, who further developed the cyclic method (
Chakravala method
The ''chakravala'' method ( sa, चक्रवाल विधि) is a cyclic algorithm to solve indeterminate quadratic equations, including Pell's equation. It is commonly attributed to Bhāskara II, (c. 1114 – 1185 CE)Hoiberg & Ramchandani ...
)
that was called by
Hermann Hankel
Hermann Hankel (14 February 1839 – 29 August 1873) was a German mathematician. Having worked on mathematical analysis during his career, he is best known for introducing the Hankel transform and the Hankel matrix.
Biography
Hankel was born on ...
"the finest thing achieved in the theory of numbers before
Lagrange (18th century)". He also made significant contributions to
combinatorics.
See also
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List of Indian mathematicians
chronology of Indian mathematicians spans from the Indus Valley civilisation and the Vedas to Modern India.
Indian mathematicians have made a number of contributions to mathematics that have significantly influenced scientists and mathematicians ...
References
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K. V. Sarma (2008), "Jayadeva",
(2nd edition) edited by
Helaine Selin
Helaine Selin (born 1946) is an American librarian, historian of science, author and the editor of several bestselling books.
Career
Selin attended Binghamton University, where she earned her bachelor's degree. She received her MLS from SUNY Al ...
, Springer, .
9th-century Indian mathematicians
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