The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.93
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.93
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This formula follows, indeed, more directly from a special rule of Kātyāyana for finding the sum of a number of equal squares. If n be the number of equal squares of sides equal to *a* each to be combined into one, then, the rule says,