The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.51
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.51
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c12.51
On one occasion Baudhāyana makes a rectangle equivalent to three given squares, one side of the rectangle being half of a side of a square.² This case is a very simple one indeed, but it shows that he knew other methods of transforming a square into a rectangle than that indicated in his imperfect rule.