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.
Bhaskara, the 7th-century famous Indian mathematician, was born in c.600 and died in CE 680. He is one of the ancient Indian mathematicians who is known for his contribution to maths. Bhaskara mathematician is famous for inventing the Hindu decimal system. This Aryabhata follower wrote a critique, ‘Aryabhatiyabhasya’ in CE 629, which is considered the oldest known Sanskrit language work in the mathematics & astronomy field.
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.
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 Arithematics, Trigonometry (Sine Table and Interpolation formula), and solutions to general linear equation, Brahmagupta’s Theorem and Brahmagupta’s Formula.
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.
S.N.Bose, famously known for Bose-Einstein Condensate, is among the top 10 mathematicians of India. Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian mathematician and physicist who worked with Albert Einstein on the Bose-Einstein Condensate project. Among the Indian mathematicians’ names, Bose is one such who was felicitated with Padma Vibhushan.
When asked for any female mathematicians of India, Shakuntala Devi is one name that is always on the list of the top 10 Indian mathematicians. A charismatic lady from India is recognized for her exceptional calculating speed. For this reason, she got the title of the ‘human computer.’ She was born in 1929 in Banglore. Her journey was a bit different from other famous Indian mathematicians.
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.
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.
Harish Chandra was born in the year 1923 and is known for doing the fundamental work in representation theory. He was an Indian American physicist and mathematician. Among his numerous contributions, semisimple lie groups’ harmonic analysis is the most known. He was honored with Padma Bhusan (1977), Cole Prize (American Mathematical Society) and Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal