Mathematics & Computer Science
Algorithms for square and cube roots
499 CEAryabhataAryabhatiyaPan-Indian / unspecified
499 CE
Digit-by-digit place-value methods for extracting square and cube roots.
- Dated
- 499 CE
- As scholars put it
- 499 CE
- Originator
- Aryabhata
- Source text
- Aryabhatiya
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Mathematics & Computer Science
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Similar long-root methods taught in schools until recently.
Fair to say
Root extraction existed elsewhere; Aryabhata's methods are place-value based.
Path to modern innovation
Early numerical algorithms.
References
- 1Aryabhatiya
- 2Plofker (2009)
Further reading
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