alleryWhich Kerala school leader first used infinite series for trigonometric functions?
ANarayana Pandit
BGanesa Daivajna
CNilakantha Somayaji
DMadhava Sangamagrama
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Madhava Sangamagrama
1. The Kerala school made decisive steps in analysis.
2. Madhava of Sangamagrama was the first to use infinite series approximations for trigonometric functions.
3. Nilakantha, Narayana and Ganesa worked later or in other fields.
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