History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s12.9
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s12.9
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v2.c17.s12.9
Sometimes the values of most of the unknowns present in an equation are assumed arbitrarily or in terms of any one of them, so as to reduce the equation to a simple determinate one. Thus Bhâskara II says :