History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v2.c17.s25.77

v2.c17.s25.77

Another very interesting example which has been borrowed by Bhâskara II from an earlier writer is the following:² "Tell me quickly, O sound algebraist, two numbers, excepting 6 and 8, which are such that the cube-root of half the sum of their product and the smaller one, the square-root of the sum of their squares, the square-roots of the sum and difference of them (each) increased by 2, and of the difference of their squares plus 8, all being added together, will be capable of yielding a square-root."¹