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A Classical Indian Puzzle Problem


     

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In the Messenger of Mathematics Vol. LIII., No. 2, Dr. Glaisher has discussed some of the puzzle-problems of Widmont and Blasius. This reminds us of an interesting variant of those problems occurring in some of the classical Indian treatises on Arithmetic, such as Bijaganita of Bhaskara and Ganitasara-sangraha of Mahaviracharya.
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In the Messenger of Mathematics Vol. LIII., No. 2, Dr. Glaisher has discussed some of the puzzle-problems of Widmont and Blasius. This reminds us of an interesting variant of those problems occurring in some of the classical Indian treatises on Arithmetic, such as Bijaganita of Bhaskara and Ganitasara-sangraha of Mahaviracharya.