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May the diameter be multiplied by four, kept separately at several places, and divided by the odd numbers 3, 5, 7 etc. [The results] may be sequentially applied negatively and positively to the diameter multiplied by four. Then we obtain a very accurate [value of the] circumference.
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Pai, V., Ramasubramanian, K., Sriram, M.S., Srinivas, M.D. (2018). Relation between the circumference and the diameter and computation of Rsines. In: Karaṇapaddhati of Putumana Somayājī. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6814-0_6
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