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No. II)
History of Mathematics in India from Jaina Sources
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therefore, that the so called chinese value of n = 314 was also known in India and was perhaps used in India carliear than in China. It might be that the Chinese got this value from India, through Buddhist missioneries or perhaps they found out the value indepen. dently,
Another noteworthy feature in the above quotation is the remark "finer than the fine." From his it follows that a "hine" value of was already known. This fine value of a may have been loor . If the latter, the connection with Aryabhata's value is obvious--the third convergent being a closer approximation than the second.
