The mensuration of quadrilaterals and the generation of Pythagorean triads: A mathematical, heuristical and historical study with special reference to Brahmagupta's rules

DOI10.1007/BF01307176zbMath0287.01002OpenAlexW2071140616WikidataQ56474619 ScholiaQ56474619MaRDI QIDQ1845709

John Pottage

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01307176

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25)

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