Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c5.s1.8

c5.s1.8

This same Bhāskara, in his MB (1, 41), appears to be the first to name the continued fraction method of solving indeterminate equations the “pulverizer” (*kuṭṭakāra*); he applies the “pulverizer” to problems of the planets’ mean motions in MB 1, 41–52. In MB 8, 7–25 he sets the student various mathematical problems that arise in astronomy, most of which are intended to exercise his facility in applying the “pulverizer.”