Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c7.s5.211

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c7.s5.211

The solution is unique and is the most general rational solution. The solutions given by other mathematicians namely Brahmagupta ( 628 A. D. ), Śrīpati ( 1039 A. D. ), Bhāskara II ( 1150 A. D. ) Nārāyaṇa ( 1357 A. D. ), Jnānarāja ( 1503 A. D. ), Kamalākara ( 1658 A. D. ), and also those given by John Wallis and W. Browncker ( 1657 A. D. ) are easily deducible from it¹.

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