history

2. Hewas anIndianmathematician,whowas mostlikely
alsoa priest.
Heisnotedas theauthoroftheearliestSulbaSutra—
calledtheBaudhayanaSulbasutra.
GivingrulesforconstructionofAltars.
Heisolderthantheotherfamousmathematicianlike
Apastambha.
Hewas thefirstonetocalculatethevalueofpibefore
pythagorasanddiscoveringwhatisnowknownas the
Pythagoreantheorem.

3. ItsoneoftheoldestbooksonadvancedMathematics.
Sulbasutrashave astatementofthePythagoreantheoremin
termsofthesidesofa rectangle.
Baudhāyanauseda ropeas anexample-
“Aropestretchedalongthelengthofthediagonalproducesan
areawhichtheverticalandhorizontalsidesmaketogether”-
simplePythagoreantriples.
Itgave geometricalproofofthePythagoreantheoremfora
rightangletriangle.
Itgave precisecalculationof(pi)π,withtheclosestvalue
being3.114.
Alsostatedwaystotackletheproblemofcreatinga circle
havingthesame area as a square.

4. SincemostofthelaterproofspresentedbyEuclidand
othersare geometricalinnature,theSulbaSutra’s
numericalproofwas unfortunatelyignored.
ĀpastambaalsoprovidedtheproofforPythagoras
theorem-againunfortunatelyhiscontributionalsohas
beenignored.
Pythagoraswas wronglycreditedbyearlyGreek
mathematiciansforthistheorem.
Manyhistorianshavealsopresentedevidenceforthe
factthatPythagorasactuallytravelledtoEgyptandthen
Indiaandlearnedmany importantmathematical
theoriesincludingPythagorastheorem.