The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.43
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.43
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Rational Rectangle, 109, 123 *et seq.*, 178 *et seq.*; Derivation, Āpastamba's formula, 136; by the Hindus, 136; Early History of, 138-39; Euclid's formula, 135-36; Hindu discovery, 124-27; Hindu knowledge of general rules, 127-39; Number of, known to the Hindus, 127; Plato's formula, 134-36; Pythagoras's discovery, 127; Pythagoras's formula, 133-36. (See also Rational Rectangle.)