Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

who invented Taylor-Maclaurin series ?

  1. Taylor and Maclaurin

  2. Issac Newton

  3. Fermi

  4. Madhava of Sangamagrama
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Madhava of Sangamagrama (c. 1340-1425), an Indian mathematician-astronomer from the Kerala school, discovered the infinite series expansions that later became known as Taylor and Maclaurin series - centuries before Taylor (1685-1731) and Maclaurin (1698-1746).

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