The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.6

c11.6

By repeating the operation and constructing each time a rectangle whose one side will be equal to a side of the given square and another side equal to the diagonal of the rectangle constructed at the preceding stage, we shall finally arrive at one, the square on whose diagonal will be equivalent to *n* times the given square. This method is taught by almost all the writers.