The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.50
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.50
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making each equal to the given length *M* which is smaller than a side of the given square. Join *AF* and produce it to meet *DC* produced at *P*. Complete the rectangle *ADPH*. Produce *EF* to meet *HP* at *G*. Then *AHGE* is the rectangle which is equivalent to the square *ABCD* and which has a side *AE* equal to the given length *M*. The proof is similar to that given before.