Brahmagupta's propositions on the perpendiculars of cyclic quadrilaterals (Q714043): Difference between revisions

It is known to us that the Propositions XII. 28 of Brahmagupta's Brāhmasphuta Siddhānta giving the expression of the diagonals which follows from the Propositions XII, 21--27. The purpose of the paper is to extend this analysis to XII, 29--32 that show to determine the lengths of all portions of diagonals and perpendiculars defined by their intersections. Actually the author summerizes propositions XII. 21--28 focusing on the tools which are used in the paper and briefly reviews earlier translations. The analysis of each Propositions is divided into four parts viz. (1) Text and translations, (2) Gloss, (3) Comment, (4) Conclusion. Each section is well written and evolves new ideas.