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The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.34

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.34

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c21.s2.34

From the method indicated by Baudhāyana ² for constructing larger and larger squares, starting with a smaller one, by adding successively gnomons to it is clear that the following series was known to him.³