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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
This comma was named by [[User:2^67-1|Cole]] in 2024 after the {{w|Shulba Sutras|''Sulba Sutra''}}, a classical Indian mathematical text from the third or fourth century BC that first mentioned this accurate approximation to the square root of two. | This comma was named by [[User:2^67-1|Cole]] in 2024 after the {{w|Shulba Sutras|''Sulba Sutra''}}, a classical Indian mathematical text from the third or fourth century BC that first mentioned this accurate approximation to the square root of two. | ||
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