History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s7.t1.16

v1.c8.s7.t1.16

“The cube (of a given number) is equal to the series whose terms are formed by applying the rule, ‘the last term multiplied by thrice the preceding term plus one,’ to the terms of the series whose first term is zero, the common difference is one and the last term is the given number.”¹