GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat ‘zero’ as a number and show its mathematical operations?
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Bhaskaracharya
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Aryabhatta
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Brahmagupta
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Panini
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Brahmagupta was the first to give rules for computing with zero. The texts composed by Brahmagupta were in elliptic verse in Sanskrit, as was common practice in Indian mathematics.
Detailed explanation-2: -While not much is known about the life of ancient Indian mathematician Brahamagupta, his contributions to math, astronomy, and science have shaped the modern world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aryabhatta, the famous Indian mathematician discovered ‘zero’.
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