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Very little is known about Śrīdhara's life beyond mentions of his mathematical work by later mathematicians and the content of his extant treatises, which do not contain biographical details such as his parents, teachers, or birthplace. Various scholars have suggested he came from the
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He gave an exposition on the zero. He wrote, "If zero is added to any number, the sum is the same number; if zero is subtracted from any number, the number remains unchanged; if zero is multiplied by any number, the product is
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In the case of dividing a fraction he has found out the method of multiplying the fraction by the reciprocal of the divisor.
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can be derived by completing the square for a generic quadratic equation with symbolic coefficients, it is called
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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
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He has sometimes been conflated with other medieval Indian scholars also named Śrīdhara.
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Plofker, Kim (2009). "Appendix B: Biographical Data on Indian Mathematicians".
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This article is about the mathematician. For the Saka ruler, see
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Infinite series expansions for the trigonometric functions
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Ramanujacharia, N.; Kaye, George R., eds. (1912ā€“1913).
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Varadarajan 779: 638: 592: 583: 185:He presented a method of 33:(8thā€“9th century) was an 1228:Henry Thomas Colebrooke 817:S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan 433:University of St Andrews 351:Encyclopaedia Britannica 115: 701:Mādhava of Saį¹…gamagrāma 480:Bibliotheca Mathematica 394:(2008). "ŚrÄ«dhara". In 207:ŚrÄ«dharācārya's formula 60: 78:, and a dedication in 912:Brāhmasphuį¹­asiddhānta 520:. Lucknow University. 512:Shukla, Kripa Shankar 451:Gillispie, Charles C. 187:completing the square 1188:T. A. Saraswati Amma 899:Bakhshali manuscript 867:Kannan Soundararajan 419:Robertson, Edmund F. 318:Datta, Bibhutibhusan 269:Mathematics in India 89:He was mentioned by 82:, he was probably a 35:Indian mathematician 1264:Islamic mathematics 1223:Walter Eugene Clark 1017:Vasishtha Siddhanta 989:Siddhānta Shiromani 968:Paitamaha Siddhanta 847:Tilak Raj Prabhakar 792:Satyendra Nath Bose 787:Srinivasa Ramanujan 741:Nilakantha Somayaji 500:The Jaina Antiquary 492:Sastri, S. 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Index

Sridharavarman
Indian mathematician
arithmetic
algebra
Bengal region
South India
Shiva
Shaivite Hindu
Bhāskara II
Brahmagupta
Govindasvāmin
Mahāvīra
arithmetic
mensuration
rule of three
completing the square
quadratic equations
quadratic formula





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