The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.48
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.48
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c15.48
in the form of a square that the Hindus very likely discovered the rational rectangles. As has been suggested by Treutlein,¹ and followed by Allman² and Heath,³ it was substantially in the same way that Pythagoras discovered the rational right-angled triangles which are now generally associated with his name.