Contribution of Indian Mathematicians in development

of Trigonometry

BHASKARACHARYA (11141185 AD)

He was born in Bijapur in modern Karnataka. He & his work represent a

significant contribution to mathematical & astronomical knowledge in the
12th century.
His main work Siddhanta Shiromani is divided into four parts called
Lilawati, Bijaganit, Grahaganita and Goladhyaya. These four sections deal
with arithmetic, algebra, mathematics of planets and spheres respectively.
He wrote, The hundredth part of the circumference of a circle seems to
be straight. Our earth is a big sphere and thats why it appears to be flat.
He gave the formulae like: sin(AB)=sinAcosB cosA sinB.
He calculated derivatives of Trigonometric functions and formulae.
He developed spherical trigonometry along with a number of other
trigonometric results.
He developed a proof of Pythagoras Theorem by calculating the same area
in two different ways & these cancel out terms to get a2 + b2 = c 2.