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'''Vaṭeśvara''' (वटेश्वर) (born 880), was a tenth-century [[India]]n [[mathematician]] from [[Kashmiri people|Kashmir]]<ref>R.N. Rai, ''Karanasara of Vatesvara'', Indian National Science Academy (1970), vol. 6, n. I, [http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b63_27.pdf p. 34] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609213439/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b63_27.pdf |date=2015-06-09 }}</ref><ref>Vaṭeśvara, ''Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta and Gola of Vaṭeśvara: English translation and commentary'', National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India (1985), p. xxvii</ref> who presented several [[trigonometric identities]]. He was the author (at the age of 24)<ref>[[Kim Plofker]], ''[[Mathematics in India]]'', [[Princeton University Press]] (2009), p. 326</ref> of ''[[Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta]]'' written in 904 AD, a [[treatise]] focusing on [[astronomy]] and applied [[mathematics]]. | '''Vaṭeśvara''' (वटेश्वर) (born 880), was a tenth-century [[India]]n [[mathematician]] from [[Kashmiri people|Kashmir]]<ref>R.N. Rai, ''Karanasara of Vatesvara'', Indian National Science Academy (1970), vol. 6, n. I, [http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b63_27.pdf p. 34] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609213439/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b63_27.pdf |date=2015-06-09 }}</ref><ref>Vaṭeśvara, ''Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta and Gola of Vaṭeśvara: English translation and commentary'', National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India (1985), p. xxvii</ref> who presented several [[trigonometric identities]]. He was the author (at the age of 24)<ref>[[Kim Plofker]], ''[[Mathematics in India (book)|Mathematics in India]]'', [[Princeton University Press]] (2009), p. 326</ref> of ''[[Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta]]'' written in 904 AD, a [[treatise]] focusing on [[astronomy]] and applied [[mathematics]]. | ||
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* [[K. V. Sarma]] (1997), "Vatesvara", [[Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures]] edited by [[Helaine Selin]], Springer, {{ISBN|978-0-7923-4066-9 }}</ref> | * [[K. V. Sarma]] (1997), "Vatesvara", [[Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures]] edited by [[Helaine Selin]], Springer, {{ISBN|978-0-7923-4066-9 }}</ref> | ||
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Vaṭeśvara (वटेश्वर) (born 880), was a tenth-century Indian mathematician from Kashmir[1][2] who presented several trigonometric identities. He was the author (at the age of 24)[3] of Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta written in 904 AD, a treatise focusing on astronomy and applied mathematics.
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- ↑ R.N. Rai, Karanasara of Vatesvara, Indian National Science Academy (1970), vol. 6, n. I, p. 34 Archived 2015-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Vaṭeśvara, Vaṭeśvara-siddhānta and Gola of Vaṭeśvara: English translation and commentary, National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India (1985), p. xxvii
- ↑ Kim Plofker, Mathematics in India, Princeton University Press (2009), p. 326
- K. V. Sarma (1997), "Vatesvara", Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures edited by Helaine Selin, Springer, ISBN 978-0-7923-4066-9</ref>
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