History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s25.43

v2.c17.s25.43

These values of the unknowns, it will be easily found, satisfy all the conditions about their products. For $xy + β = p(p ± γ) - α²,$ $yz + β = (p ± γ)(p ± 2γ) - α²,$ $zw + β = (p ± 2γ)(p ± 3γ) - α².$