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Quote: first description of an algorithm for computing the cube-root

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history of mathematics

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The first description of the operation of the … [Aryabhata I (499)]. It is rather too concise: "Divide the second aghana place … the quotient multiplied by thrice the preceding (cube- … at the next place (in the line of … [refs]   Google-1   Google-2

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