Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.229

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c8.229

Brahmagupta (628 A. D.) in his *Khaṇḍakhādyaka* (concluding chapter, v. 32) first used the second difference of sines in the method of interpolation.³ This is undoubtedly an improved step in the line. Brahmagupta's table of sines which runs at an interval of 15º of the arc is as follows :

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Khaṇḍakhādyaka — Brahmagupta, Sanskrit