Sridhara
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This page deals with the Bengali Mathematician. For the Telugu surname, see Sridhara (surname).
Sridhara (c. 870 Bengal?, India – c. 930 India) was an Indian mathematician known for two treatises: Trisatika (sometimes called the Patiganitasara) and the Patiganita. He wrote on practical applications of algebra and was one of the first to give a formula for solving quadratic equations.
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- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Sridhara”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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