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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.98

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.98

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### [c15.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.98)

With the help of this formula would be obtained the following rational rectangles mentioned in the \*Śulba\*: (3, 4, 5), (5, 12, 13) and (7, 24, 25). Indeed it will give all those rational rectangles in which the difference between the greater side and the diagonal is 1.

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