Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c7.s5.111

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c7.s5.111

Bhāskara II ( 1150 A. D. ) simply adopted the method of Āryabhaṭa II i.e. continued the mutual division till the remainder becomes one and prepared the table ( *valli* ) with quotients along with c and o. This shows that Bhāskara II directly calculated bu = al ± c (according as the number of partial quotients in the table is odd or even), when :

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