The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.55
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.55
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c12.55
"If you wish to make a square or a rectangle shorter on one side, (cut off a rectangular portion) by making the shorter length a side. Divide the remainder by the diagonal and place (the two portions) on either sides (of the portion cut off) after inverting."¹