The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.70
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.70
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c16.70
If 2a denote a side of the square equivalent in area to the circle, we shall have approximately $4a² = 3r²,$ $or, a = (√ 3)/2 r.$