Vaṭeśvara

Vaṭeśvara (वटेश्वर) (born 880), a tenth-century Indian mathematician from Kashmir[1][2] who presented several trigonometric identities. He was the author (at the age of 24)[3] of Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta written in 904 AD, a treatise focusing on astronomy and applied mathematics.

References

  1. ↑ R.N. Rai, Karanasara of Vatesvara, Indian National Science Academy (1970), vol. 6, n. I, p. 34 Archived 2015-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Vaṭeśvara, Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta and Gola of Vaṭeśvara: English translation and commentary, National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India (1985), p. xxvii
  3. ↑ Kim Plofker, Mathematics in India, Princeton University Press (2009), p. 326
  • K. V. Sarma (1997), "Vatesvara", Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures edited by Helaine Selin, Springer, ISBN 978-0-7923-4066-9</ref>



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