The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.3
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.3
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c11.3
The solution of this proposition practically depends upon the construction of squares and rectangles having given sides. By the so-called Pythagorean Theorem, the square described on the diagonal of the given square will have an area twice as much. To draw a square thrice as much as the given square, the rule is: