MAV VIDYASHRAM
MATHEMATICS PROJECT
THE TOP 5 GREAT INDIAN MATHEMATICIANS
PROJECT
DONE BY
AKSHAY
GRADE 12
1) Srinivasa Ramanujan
Born in 1887, Srinivasa Ramanujan was a splendid Indian mathematician who
gets credited even today for his commitments in the field of maths. Srinivasa
Ramanujan, a mathematician was an astoundingly brilliant child who might
dominate different kinds of his age in maths. He belonged from Tamil Nadu,
where his family was not well enough to support his passion for Mathematics.
George S. Carr’s book, ‘Synopsis of elementary results in pure mathematics,
became his inspiration to follow his passion. Today, Ramanujan,
mathematician, is remembered for inventions of important equations, the
infinite series of π, and game theory. The year 1914 was the defining moment
in the striving life of the virtuoso mathematician.
2 ) Aryabhatta
476-550 CE, the golden period of India in which Aryabhatta, the
scientist, astronomer and mathematician, lived. Aryabhatta, Indian
mathematician’s contributions include the discovery of the spherical
shape of the earth, the number of days in 1 year and notable works are
Aryabhatasiddhanta and Aryabhatiya. The former work is lost, and
Aryabhatiya has three sections. These sections are:
■ Ganita (Mathematics): This section has the names of the first 10
decimal places and provides algorithms for finding cube and
square roots through decimals. In this second, he noticed the
second-order sine difference and sine numbers are proportional.
3) P.C. Mahalanobis
In the list of the famous Indian mathematicians, P.C.Mahalanobis is one
of them. In 1893, he was born in Kolkata. Mahalanobis completed his
graduation from Presidency College in Physics and went to Cambridge
for higher education in Physics and Mathematics. He is known as a
Mathematician, Scientist and Statistician, and also an Indian Father of
Statistics. In the year 1913, he was one of the people who contributed
to the foundation of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in India. His
contribution to the forming of Planning Commission of India is
unquestionable, and in 1926, he laid the establishment of Hirakund
Dam in Odisha on Mahanadi river. One of his best-known works is D2-
statistic or Mahalanobis Distance. This distance is the measurement
proportion of correlation between two distinct data sets.
4 ) D R Kaprekar
In 1905, famous with the name ‘Ganitananda’, a future Indian
mathematician was born; he was Dattathreya Ramchandra
Kaprekar. In 1927, he won the Wrangler R. P. Paranjpe
Mathematical Prize for his notable work in the field of
mathematics. After graduating from the University of Mumbai
in 1929, he started teaching in Nashik school. During his
period of imparting lessons at a school, Kaprekar persistently
published covering various topics like magic squares,
recurring decimals and integers having special properties.
The number 6174 is called Kaprekar Constant and is named
after him. Kaprekar described numerous classes of natural
numbers.
5 ) Brahmagupta
7th-century Rajasthan astronomer and mathematician,
Brahmagupta is famous for his work
Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta.’ The book is related to the use of 0
as a number in calculations. A large portion of his works was
in the Sanskrit language. Brahmagupta, mathematician of
Ancient India, also known as Bhillamalacarya, is recognized
for his contribution to Arithmetics, Trigonometry (Sine Table
and Interpolation formula), and solutions to general linear
equation, Brahmagupta’s Theorem and Brahmagupta’s
Formula. Brahmagupta couldn’t finish the utilization of 0 in
calculations with respect to division; however, he offered
calculations, for example, (1 + 0 = 1; 1 – 0 = 1; and 1 x 0
=0), for utilizing the digit 0. The reason why he is known as
the best mathematician in the world is the discovery of
negative numbers and their calculations. Further, the
establishment of √10 (3.162277) by Brahmagupta gave new
dimensions to trigonometry and geometry.
