Multiple choice general knowledge history

He was the first to give that any number divided by 0 gives infinity. Identify him

  1. Bhaskaracharya

  2. Brahma Gupta

  3. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

  4. Pingala
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Explanation

Bhaskaracharya (Bhaskara II) in his work Lilavati discussed that dividing by zero yields infinity. This was a remarkable mathematical insight in the 12th century, predating similar discussions in European mathematics.

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