Person: Madhava Of Sangamagramma

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Madhava was a mathematician from South India. He made some important advances in infinite series including finding the expansions for trigonometric functions.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 1350, Sangamagramma (near Cochin), Kerala, India. Died 1425, India.

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Ancient Indian, Astronomy, Origin India, Special Numbers And Numerals


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive