Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta
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The Brāhma-sphuṭa-siddhānta ("Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma", abbreviated BSS) is a main work of Brahmagupta, written c. 628. This text of mathematical astronomy contains significant mathematical content, including the first good understanding of the role of zero, rules for manipulating both negative and positive numbers, a method for computing square roots, methods of solving linear and quadratic equations, rules for summing series, Brahmagupta's identity, and Brahmagupta theorem.
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- Instance of
- treatise
- Author
- Brahmagupta
- Main subject
- mathematics
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- title
- ब्राह्मस्फुटसिद्धान्त
- language of work or name
- Sanskrit
- inception
- 0628-00-00
- work available at URL
- gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/6_sastra/8_jyot/brsphutu.htm
- publication date
- 0628-00-00
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- Positive and negative numbers
- Influence
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The Brāhma-sphuṭa-siddhānta ("Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma", abbreviated BSS) is a main work of Brahmagupta, written c. 628. This text of mathematical astronomy contains significant mathematical content, including the first good understanding of the role of zero, rules for manipulating both negative and positive numbers, a method for computing square roots, methods of solving linear and quadratic equations, rules for summing series, Brahmagupta's identity, and Brahmagupta theorem.
The book was written completely in verse and does not contain any kind of mathematical notation. Nevertheless, it contained the first clear description of the quadratic formula (the solution of the quadratic equation).
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