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Bhaskara

American  
[bah-sker-uh] / ˈbɑ skər ə /

noun

  1. Indian mathematician of the 7th century.

  2. Indian mathematician of the 12th century.


Bhaskara Scientific  
/ bäs′kə-rə /
  1. Indian mathematician who wrote the first work that showed a systematic use of the decimal system.


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According to Airways senior business analyst Vinay Bhaskara, most airline customers shop based on the lowest advertised fare without regard for additional fees.

From Time ● Aug. 11, 2017

“We are unquestionably living with an air travel oligopoly,” Vinay Bhaskara wrote in Airways News column.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2015

"He became a symbolic person for a more modern India," said Bhaskara Rao, a well-known commentator on social and political issues and head of a New Delhi-based think tank.

From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2014

Bhaskara Rao, who heads a New Delhi-based policy think tank, said Bhagwat's comments reflected a society in transition.

From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2013

The Indian mathematician Bhaskara wrote in the twelfth century that “there is no square root of a negative number, for a negative number is not a square.”

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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