Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c9.15

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c9.15

Among Bhaskara's original contributions may be mentioned the fact that he gave two proofs of the so-called Pythagorean theorem. One of them was "unknown in Europe till Wallis (1616–1793) rediscovered it."⁴

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