Sudhakara Dvivedi
Sudhakara Dvivedi (1855–1910) was an Indian scholar in Sanskrit and mathematics.
Biography
Sudhakara Dvivedi was born in 1855 in Khajuri, a village near Varanasi. In childhood he studied mathematics under Pandit Devakrsna.
In 1883 he was appointed a librarian in the Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi where in 1890 he was appointed the teacher of mathematics and astrology after Bapudeva Sastri retired in 1889.[1]
He was the head of mathematics department in Queen's college Benaras from where he retired in 1905 and mathematician Ganesh Prasad became the new head of department.[2] Dvivedi wrote a number of translations, commentaries and treatises, including one on algebra which included topics such as Pellian equations, squares, and Diophantine equations.[3]
Works in sanskrit
- Chalan Kalan
- Deergha Vritta Lakshan ("Characteristics of Ellipse")
- Goleeya Rekha Ganit ("Sphere Line Mathematics")
- Samikaran Meemansa ("Analysis of Equations")
- Yajusha Jyauti-sham and Archa Jyauti-sham
- Ganakatarangini (1892)[4]
- Euclid's Elements 6th, 11th and 12th parts
- Lilavati (1879)
- Bijaganita (1889)
- Pañcasiddhāntikā of Varāhamihira (1889): Co-edited with George Thibaut[5]
- Surya Siddhanta
- Brahmagupta’s Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, 1902, (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Aryabhata II's Maha-Siddhanta (1910)
Works in Hindi
- Differential Calculus (1886)[4]
- Integral Calculus (1895)[4]
- Theory of equations (1897)[4]
- A History of Hindu mathematics I (1910)
References
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