The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.3
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.3
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c19.s1.3
If the sides of the right-angled triangle are to be integral as well as rational, m must be odd. According to Proclus (c. 450 A.D.), this solution was known to Pythagoras (*c.* 540 B.C.).