The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.15
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.15
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c20.s2.15
Now this square is clearly larger than the two original squares by an amount (1/3.4)², the area of the small square introduced at the corner. So to get equivalence cut off from the either sides of the former square two thin strips. If x be the breadth of each thin strip, we must have $2x(1 + ⅓ + 1/3.4) - x² = (1/3.4)²$