Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c7.s5.219

c7.s5.219

Bhāskara II and later mathematicians gave solutions of more general equations of the second degree. Bhāskara II exhibited a remarkable ingenuity by reducing them to the form Nx²+1=y². The methods which though have been indicated mostly to arrive at rational solutions, also hint to get the integral solutions in special problems. The following general types are noteworthy :--