The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.9
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.9
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c19.s1.9
There seems to have been an attempt to find the rational right triangles having a given leg. We find in the *Śulba* at least two such right triangles having a common leg a, *viz.*, $(a, 3a/4, 5a/4) and (a, 5a/12, 13a/12).$