The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.9
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.9
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c8.9
The last problem is the same as to evaluate the surd √2. Or it may be considered as a case of doubling a square and then circling it. So in that case, we get at the proposition :—