Sridhara swami

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Sridhara was an Indian mathematician who wrote on practical applications of algebra and was one of the first to give a formula for solving quadratic equations.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

• However, there has been much dispute over his date and in different works the dates of the life of Sridhara have been placed from the seventh century to the eleventh century.
• We do know that Sridhara was a Hindu but little else is known.
• Some historians give Bengal as the place of his birth while other historians believe that Sridhara was born in southern India.
• Sridhara is known as the author of two mathematical treatises, namely the Trisatika (sometimes called the Patiganitasara ) and the Patiganita.
• We give details below of Sridhara's rule for solving quadratic equations as given by Bhaskara II.
• There is another mathematical treatise Ganitapancavimsi which some historians believe was written by Sridhara.
• Through the whole book Sridhara gives methods to solve problems in terse rules in ve
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