The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.5
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.5
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c14.5
That is: the square described on the diagonal of a rectangle has an area equal to the sum of the areas of the squares described on its two sides. The proposition is defined in almost identical terms also by Āpastamba² and Kātyāyana.³