The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.20
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.20
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c12.20
"If you wish to transform a square into a rectangle, divide it by the diagonal. Divide again one part into two, and add them suitably so as to fit the two sides (of the other half)."¹