The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.45
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.45
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c24.45
Rectangle, construction, given sides, 22, 62-63; Equal to a square, 23; Diagonical bisection, 43; Measurement of, 95, 96 *et seq.*; Square on the diagonal equal to sum of the squares on the sides, 24; Transformation into isosceles trapezium, 90-92; rhombus, 93-94; square, 83-85, 206; triangle, 92. (See also Construction, Postulates, Rational Rectangle, Rhombus and Square.)