"Why is it that the actual value is left out and this very near value stated? Let me say. It is impossible to state the actual value. Why? That unit which leaves no remainder when the diameter is measured will leave a remainder if used again for measuring circumference. Likewise, the unit which leaves no remainder in the measure of the circumference will leave a remainder in the diameter if measured by the same unit. Hence if both (the diameter and circumference) are measured by the same unit, a remainderless state is never attained. Even if this is carried out farther to a great extent only diminution of the remainder can be obtained but absence of remainder can never be obtained— this is the meaning."
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quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
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Nilakantha Somayaji
Keļallur Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji (14 June 1444 – 1544), also referred to as Keļallur Comatiri, was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha completed in 1501. He had also composed an elaborate commentary on Aryabhatiya called the Aryabhatiya Bhasya. In this Bhasya, Nilakantha had discussed infinite series expansions of trigonometric functions and problems of alg
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