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Lilavati
Lilavati was the daughter of the 12th-century Indian mathematician Bhaskara II, her name preserved by his famous treatise Lilavati, which teaches ari…
Timeline
- 1101–1114Bijapur · KarnatakaTradition holds her to be the daughter of the famous mathematician Bhaskara II, raised in her father's scholarly environment. Evidence of her own involvement in mathematical research is limited; most scholars believe Lilavati was a textbook written by her father for her or for later students.
- 1150–1101Ujjain · Madhya PradeshBhaskara II's Lilavati, named after her, covers fractions, proportion, equations, geometry and combinatorics, and later spread to Persia and the Arab world, influencing mathematics in the Islamic Golden Age. In the 12th century (including around 1201–1210) the book was widely studied in South Asia.
Sources
- Lilavati of Bhaskaracharya — Bhaskara II
- The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam — Victor J. Katz (2007)