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Brahmagupta

ब्रह्मगुप्त

Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta gave the world zero and negative numbers as first-class arithmetic citizens — the bedrock of all modern algebra.

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Era
598–668 CE
field
Mathematics, astronomy
sourcing
well-attested

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