The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.46
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.46
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This hypothesis about the discovery of the proof of the theorem of the square of the diagonal of a square is endorsed also by Heath.¹ It is certainly more likely than the one suggested by Cantor ² and Allman ³ about Pythagoras' proof of the theorem. (Fig. 62.)