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Chaos in the iterative Hindu square root method of the gaṇaka-rāja

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For Hindus big numbers always mattered and our mathematics is quite reflection of this fascination. Since the earliest times, Hindus devised various methods to obtain square roots of numbers, especially approximations of irrational roots correct to multiple decimal places. The earliest of these methods involving a series of terms is seen encoded in the altars […]

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