Aryabhata
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Aryabhata Net Worth

Aryabhata was an acclaimed mathematician-astronomer born in Assaka, India. He made immense contributions to mathematics, science and astronomy, including the concept of zero, the use of large numbers up to 1018, the calculation of the value for ‘pi’ to the fourth decimal point, the formula for calculating areas of triangles and circles, and the calculation of the circumference of the earth. He was the first known astronomer to devise a continuous counting of solar days, and asserted that the planets shine due to the reflection of sunlight and that eclipses occur due to the shadows of moon and earth. His observations discount the “flat earth” concept and lay the foundation for the belief that earth and other planets orbit the sun.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Place Assaka, Indian
Died On 550 CE
Residence India
Influences Surya Siddhanta
Era Gupta era
Main interests Mathematics, astronomy
Notable works Āryabhaṭīya, Arya-siddhanta
Notable ideas Explanation of lunar eclipse and solar eclipse, rotation of Earth on its axis, reflection of light by moon, sinusoidal functions, solution of single variable quadratic equation, value of π correct to 4 decimal places, circumference of Earth to 99.8% accuracy, calculation of the length of sidereal year
Influenced Lalla, Bhaskara I, Brahmagupta, Varahamihira

💰 Net worth

Aryabhata, who is widely recognized as one of the foremost scientists in Indian history, is anticipated to possess a net worth ranging between $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. This estimation reflects the valued contributions and achievements of Aryabhata in various scientific disciplines. His profound knowledge and groundbreaking discoveries have undoubtedly garnered significant recognition and financial success, placing him among the most influential scientists of his time in India.

Famous Quotes:

caturadhikaṃ śatamaṣṭaguṇaṃ dvāṣaṣṭistathā sahasrāṇām
ayutadvayaviṣkambhasyāsanno vṛttapariṇāhaḥ.
"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."

Biography/Timeline

1761

It is speculated that Aryabhata used the word āsanna (approaching), to mean that not only is this an approximation but that the value is incommensurable (or irrational). If this is correct, it is quite a sophisticated insight, because the irrationality of pi (π) was proved in Europe only in 1761 by Lambert.

1765

Solar and lunar eclipses were scientifically explained by Aryabhata. He states that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight. Instead of the prevailing cosmogony in which eclipses were caused by Rahu and Ketu (identified as the pseudo-planetary lunar nodes), he explains eclipses in terms of shadows cast by and falling on Earth. Thus, the lunar eclipse occurs when the moon enters into the Earth's Shadow (verse gola.37). He discusses at length the size and extent of the Earth's Shadow (verses gola.38–48) and then provides the computation and the size of the eclipsed part during an eclipse. Later Indian astronomers improved on the calculations, but Aryabhata's methods provided the core. His computational paradigm was so accurate that 18th-century scientist Guillaume Le Gentil, during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations of the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 to be short by 41 seconds, whereas his charts (by Tobias Mayer, 1752) were long by 68 seconds.

1982

Aryabhata's work was of great influence in the Indian astronomical tradition and influenced several neighbouring cultures through translations. The Arabic translation during the Islamic Golden Age (c. 820 CE), was particularly influential. Some of his results are cited by Al-Khwarizmi and in the 10th century Al-Biruni stated that Aryabhata's followers believed that the Earth rotated on its axis.

2008

Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU), Patna has been established by Government of Bihar for the development and management of educational infrastructure related to technical, medical, management and allied professional education in his honour. The university is governed by Bihar State University Act 2008.

2009

India's first satellite Aryabhata and the lunar crater Aryabhata are named in his honour. An Institute for conducting research in astronomy, astrophysics and atmospheric sciences is the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) near Nainital, India. The inter-school Aryabhata Maths Competition is also named after him, as is Bacillus Aryabhata, a species of bacteria discovered in the stratosphere by ISRO Scientists in 2009.

2011

Aryabhata's astronomical calculation methods were also very influential. Along with the trigonometric tables, they came to be widely used in the Islamic world and used to compute many Arabic astronomical tables (zijes). In particular, the astronomical tables in the work of the Arabic Spain scientist Al-Zarqali (11th century) were translated into Latin as the Tables of Toledo (12th century) and remained the most accurate ephemeris used in Europe for centuries.

2012

Aryabhata discussed the concept of sine in his work by the name of ardha-jya, which literally means "half-chord". For simplicity, people started calling it jya. When Arabic Writers translated his works from Sanskrit into Arabic, they referred it as jiba. However, in Arabic writings, vowels are omitted, and it was abbreviated as jb. Later Writers substituted it with jaib, meaning "pocket" or "fold (in a garment)". (In Arabic, jiba is a meaningless word.) Later in the 12th century, when Gherardo of Cremona translated these writings from Arabic into Latin, he replaced the Arabic jaib with its Latin counterpart, sinus, which means "cove" or "bay"; thence comes the English word sine.

2016

Probably dating from the 9th century, it is mentioned by the Persian scholar and chronicler of India, Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī.

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