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Lilavati of Bhaskara

Author(s): 
Frank Swetz, Victor Katz

Two pages from a 1650 manuscript of the Lilavati of Bhaskara II (1114-1185). The second photo is an illustration of the Pythagorean Theorem.

From the Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at Columbia University.

Part of the Mathematical Treasures section of Loci: Convergence.

 

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Frank Swetz, Victor Katz, "Lilavati of Bhaskara," Convergence (November 2008)

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