“Add four to 100, multiply by eight, and then add 62,000. By this rule the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 20,000 can be approached.”
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Aryabhata or Aryabhata I was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers and early physicist from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya and the Arya-siddhanta.
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science · Indian mathematician-astronomer (476–550) · astronomer · mathematician · astrologer · also Aryabhata, Aryabhata I, Aryabhatta, Aryabhatt, Arya Bhatta, Aaryabhata
Born 0476 · Died 1 January 0550 · Q11359
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“Add four to 100, multiply by eight, and then add 62,000. By this rule the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 20,000 can be approached.”
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Died 0550-01-01.
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