Question

Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that $\frac{x}{0}=x$ who among the following proved that it was infinity?

• A. Aryabhatta
• B. Bhaskara
• C. Brahmagupta
• D. Mahavira

Answer 1

The correct option is B Bhaskara

The mathematical implications of zero (Shunya) and infinity, never more than vaguely realized by classical authorities, were fully understood in medieval India. Earlier mathematicians had taught that x/o=x, but Bhaskara proved that it was infinity.