The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s4.1

c20.s4.1

From the *Mānava Śulba* we obtain certain other noteworthy approximations to the value of √2. By way of some calculations in that work are employed the relations: {lrl}
(1) & 40² + 40² \!\!&= 56² / (2) & 4² + \ 4² \!\!&= (5 2/3)²