History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s8.t1.42

v1.c8.s8.t1.42

Along with the Hindu numerals, the method of extracting the square-root given above, seems to have been communicated to the Arabs about the middle of the eighth century, for it occurs in precisely the same form in Arabic works on mathematics.¹ In Europe it occurs in similar form in the writings of Peurbach (1423-1461), Chuquet (1484), La Roche (1520), Gemma Frisius (1540), Cataneo (1546) and others.¹