The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.101
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.101
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which is derivable from (A) by doubling the side of each square or from (A) by putting a = 2. But they were more likely obtained first by observing when the gnomon of two square bricks of breadth put round a square, could be rearranged in the form of a square. If the original square contain n² bricks, the gnomon will consist of 4n + 4 bricks.