"[Madhava] took the decisive step onwards from the finite procedures of ancient mathematics to treat their limit-passage to infinity which is the kernel of modern classical analysis."
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Madhava of Sangamagrama
Mādhava of Sangamagrāma (Mādhavan) (c. 1340 - c. 1425) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who is considered to be the founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics in the Late Middle Ages. Madhava made pioneering contributions to the study of infinite series, trigonometry, geometry and algebra.
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