History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s25.33

v2.c17.s25.33

“In these cases, that which being added to an (unknown) number makes it a square is designated as the number-interpolator. The number-interpolator multiplied by the square of the difference of the squareroots pertaining to the numbers, is equal to the product-interpolator. For the product of those two numbers added with the latter certainly becomes a square. The products of two and two contiguous of the squareroots pertaining to the numbers diminished by the