jan 1, 600 - *I: Bhaskara I

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India: Bhaskara I is believed by some to be the first to write numbers in the Hindu decimal system with a circle for the zero. He gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine function in his commentary on Aryabhata’s work. This commentary is among the oldest known prose works in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy.

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