Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
We compare two methods of cube root extraction: one proposed by the Nepali mathematician Gopal Pandey in the 19th century, which uses proportionality, and another one provided by the Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata.
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Recommended Citation
Basyal, D. (2016). Pandey’s method of cube root extraction: Is it better than Aryabhata’s method? In: Radford, L., Furinghetti, F., and Hausberger, T. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2016 ICME Satellite Meeting of the International Study Group on the Relations Between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (p. 757), Montpellier, France.
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