Question

State the following statement is True or False
Arabians got knowledge of Indian mathematics through the books written by Brahmagupta.

Answer 1

Hint: According to the history of mathematics, Brahmagupta was an Indian mathematician and an astronomer. He wrote several books and two of them were early works on mathematics and astronomy.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Brahmagupta was the first mathematician to discover zero.
He was the first one to give rules to compute with zero.
His works like Brahmasphutasiddhanta show various schemes of Indian mathematics.
He also gave the solution of linear equations (roots) in his works.
So the Arabians got knowledge of Indian mathematics through the books written by Brahmagupta.
Hence the given statement is True.

Additional Information: Brahmagupta gave the solution of the general linear equation in Brahmasphutasiddhānta.
Brahmagupta gave the sum of the squares and cubes of the first n integers.
He also gave the formula for pythagorean triplets.
In geometry, he gave the formula for the area of a quadrilateral.
He gave the series of expansion of sine function.

Note: Students should note that the books written by Brahmagupta were Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta a theoretical treatise, and the Khaṇḍakhādyaka and these books were translated into Arabic language too.
Brahmagupta gave the area of a triangle and the important rules of trigonometry
He also gave the value of \[\pi\]