History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s14.99
History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s14.99
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v2.c17.s14.99
The above rational solution of the Square-nature has been hitherto attributed by modern historians of mathematics to Bhâskara II. But it is now found to be due to an anterior writer, Srîpati (1039). It was rediscovered in Europe by Brouncker (1657).