About Citrabhanu
Lived 1401 – 1501 (aged 99–100). Citrabhanu was a mathematician.
Chitrabhanu (; ) was a mathematician of the Kerala school and a student of Nilakantha Somayaji. He was a Nambudiri brahmin from the town of Covvaram near present day Trissur. He is noted for a , a concise astronomical manual, dated to 1530, an algebraic treatise, and a commentary on a poetic text. Nilakantha and he were both teachers of Shankara Variyar.
Contributions He gave integer solutions to 21 types of systems of two simultaneous Diophantine equations in two unknowns. These types are all the possible pairs of equations of the following seven forms:
For each case, Chitrabhanu gave an explanation and justification of his rule as well as an example. Some of his explanations are algebraic, while others are geometric.
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Who was Citrabhanu?
Indian mathematician
When was Citrabhanu born?
Citrabhanu was born in 1401.
When did Citrabhanu die?
Citrabhanu died in 1501.
What was Citrabhanu's occupation?
Citrabhanu was a mathematician.
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· DBpedia: Chitrabhanu (mathematician)
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