Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Batra 53:3

מי סברת בריבועא קא אמרינן בעיגולא קא אמרינן

— You are assuming that 'Ulla was thinking of a square. In reality he was thinking of a circle. Let us see. The area of a square exceeds that of the [inscribed] circle by a quarter. Hence there remains for [the circle from which 'Ulla's tree sucks] seven hundred and sixty-eight cubits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' = three quarters of 1024. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

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