Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c5.s5.10

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and Śrīdhara contain special rule for their reductions to proper fractions. The fraction was denoted as *bhinna* by Mahāvīra (c. 850 A. D.) and Śrīdhara (c. 903 A. D.). The numbers of the form $(a/b±c/d), (a/b of c/d), (a/b±c/d of a/b)$ were termed *jāti* (i.e., classes).