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.
Mahavira
In the list of Indian mathematicians, 9th-century mathematician, Mahavira is
the one who is known for setting mathematics and astrology apart. He was
mainly famous in the Southern region of India, and his work helped many
other South Indian mathematicians to refer. He was the first Indian
mathematician in the world who explained the fact that square roots don’t
exist in the case of negative numbers. His work ‘Ganitasarasangraha’
includes various mathematical procedures. These vary from basic operations
to miscellaneous problems of linear and quadratic equations, mixed
problems, proportionality-based rule of 3, geometric calculations and
reduction of fractions.
Mahavira mathematician is also known for his contribution to naming the
concepts of a semicircle, circle, isosceles triangle, rhombus and equilateral
triangle.
Indian Mathematician, an influencer in many fields like medicine, economics
and demography and the legend of statistics is C.R.Rao. Popular for the
‘Theory of Estimation’, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born in Karnataka
in the year 1879. His father motivated him in the initial stage of his life, which
developed Rao’s interest in mathematics. His father bought ‘Problems for
Leelavathi’ for him, which comprises mathematics questions. His daily
problem-solving practice later made him a famous Indian mathematician. He
won Chandrasekara Iyer Scholarship and bagged a gold medal in MD in
Statistics in 1943 while studying at Indian Statistical Institute. In 2001, he
was felicitated with Padma Vibhushan, and the following year, George W Bush
rewarded him with the National Medal of Science.
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. Aryabhatta is known
for involving one of the two strategies for making the table of sines by
utilizing the Pythagorean hypothesis.
Kala-kriya (Time Calculations): Aryabhata examines cosmology like
planetary movements, meanings of different units of time so forth.
Gola (Sphere): In this section, the mathematician used trigonometry for
spherical geometry.
1887 born, Srinivasa Ramanujan was a splendid Indian mathematician who
gets credited even today for his commitments in the field of maths. Srinivasa
Ramanujan mathematician was an astoundingly brilliant child who might
dominate different kids 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, 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. G.H.Hardy, the great
mathematician, invited him to Cambridge. In 1916, he was granted his PhD
by the institution. Ramanujan died at an early age because of Tuberculosis in
1920. Although the great mathematician Ramanujan deceased at a young
age, he is one of the top 5 Indian mathematicians.
