Indian Mathematicians and the Early Development of Calculus
| Description: This quiz is designed to assess your knowledge about the contributions of Indian mathematicians to the early development of calculus. | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
| Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
| Tags: indian mathematics calculus history of mathematics |
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the derivative?
What is the name of the series developed by Madhava of Sangamagrama that is used to approximate the value of pi?
Who is considered to be the founder of the Kerala school of mathematics?
What is the name of the theorem that states that the area under a curve can be approximated by a sum of rectangles?
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the integral?
What is the name of the method developed by Madhava of Sangamagrama for approximating the area under a curve?
Who is considered to be the last major mathematician of the Kerala school of mathematics?
What is the name of the series developed by Nilakantha Somayaji that is used to approximate the value of pi?
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the infinite series?
What is the name of the series developed by Srinivasa Ramanujan that is used to approximate the value of pi?
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the Taylor series?
What is the name of the series developed by Madhava of Sangamagrama that is used to approximate the value of sine?
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the cosine series?
What is the name of the series developed by Madhava of Sangamagrama that is used to approximate the value of tangent?
Which Indian mathematician is credited with developing the concept of the cotangent series?