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GK QUESTION#2292

Which seventh-century scholar wrote the Brahmasphutasiddhanta, including rules involving zero and negative numbers?

  1. AAryabhata
  2. BVarahamihira
  3. CBrahmaguptaCorrect answer
  4. DSushruta
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C. Brahmagupta

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Brahmagupta. He wrote the Brahmasphutasiddhanta in 628 CE. It contains rules involving zero and positive and negative numbers, although its treatment of division by zero does not agree with modern mathematics.

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