History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.52
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.52
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v1.c8.s4.52
(*a*) In the first the numbers are written thus: $12 / 135$ Multiplication begins with the last digit of the multiplicand. Thus 1 × 2 = 2; 1 is rubbed out and 2 substituted; then 1× 1=1, this is written to the left;¹ the multiplier 12 is moved to the next figure. The work on the *pâṭî* stands thus: