Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bhaskaracharya
The correct answer is Bhaskaracharya. - Lilavati was written by Bhaskaracharya. He was an Indian mathematician who treatise on mathematics subjects, written in the year 1150.
- It is the first volume of his main work, the Siddhanta Shiromani, alongside the Bijaganita, the Grahaganita, and the Goladhyaya.
- The book Lilavati contains thirteen chapters, mainly definitions, arithmetical terms, interest computation, arithmetical and geometrical progressions, plane geometry, solid geometry, the shadow of the gnomon, the Kuṭṭaka - a method to solve indeterminate equations, and combinations.
- Bhaskara II gives the value of pi as 22/7 in the book but suggests a more accurate ratio of 3927/1250 for use in astronomical calculations.
- Also according to the book, the largest number is the parardha equal to one hundred thousand billion.
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