Brahmagupta - (598668 AD) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer

Brahmagupta was the first to use zero as a number. He gave rules to compute
with zero. Brahmagupta used negative numbers and zero for computing. The
modern rule that two negative numbers multiplied together equals a positive
number first appears in Brahmasputa siddhanta.
Algebra
Brahmagupta gave the solution of the general linear equation in
chapter eighteen of Brahmasphutasiddhanta. He further gave two
equivalent solutions to the general quadratic equation.
Geometry
Brahmagupta's formula
So given the lengths p, q, r and s
quadrilateral, the approximate

of a cyclic
area is

while, letting
the exact area is:
Heron's formula is a special case of this formula and it can be derived by setting
one of the sides equal to zero.