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∙ 12y agoThe Pythagorean Theorem was discovered in the year 530 BC by a Greek man named Pythagoras.But history of mathematics says that it was found by Indian mathematicians and Pythagoras was the first to give proof for the same
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∙ 8y agoIt was never invented and discovery of the features of a right angle triangle is attributed to the ancient mathematician Pythagoras who found that in a right angle triangle its hypotenuse square is equal to the sum of its sides squared and is normally notated as:-
a2+b2 = c2 whereas a and b are the sides with c being the hypotenuse
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∙ 8y agoOne view:
Pythagoras was a Greek Scientist, so it originated in Ancient Greece.
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Pythagoras is deservedly well-known as a philosopher, mathematician and founder of Pythagoreanism (see link). The theorem about the squares of the sides of a right triangle is named for him, but he did not originate it.
One story, probably apocryphal, is that ancient Egyptians used a 3-4-5 right triangle to re-survey their fields after the annual Nile flood. They tied 12 equally spaced knots in a rope, and arranged them around stakes until they formed a triangle with a knot at each corner and 2, 3, and 4 knots on each side.
Certainly, in about 1750 BCE (1200 years before Pythagoras), Babylonians wrote long lists of Pythagorean triples on clay tablets (see second link). This showed they understood the theorem, but they didn't prove it. The Greeks were the first to do that, and Euclid collected these proofs in his Elements.
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∙ 12y agohis name was Pythagoras he was an ancient greek mathematician :)
Pythagoras. He has the Pythagorean Theorem named after him.
The Pythagorean theorem gets its name from the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras. He was one of the first to offer proof of the theorem.
It was named after the man Pythagoreas which came up with it.It was named after Pythagoras of Samos, who was a very famous Greek mathematician.
When Pythagoras discovered his theorem, he used the general terms of a & b for the shorter legs and c for the longer side which he gave the name "hypotenuse". Thus we have the famous PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM!a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Yes. His name is on it.
the Pythagorean Theorem got its name from the man Pythagoras who came up with the theory.
When Pythagoras discovered his theorem, he used the general terms of a & b for the shorter legs and c for the longer side which he gave the name "hypotenuse". Thus we have the famous PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM!a^2 + b^2 = c^2
He didn't name it. It is named after Pythagoras because he first developed the theorem.
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It usually refers to one of the following: 1) Pythagoras, a mathematician in Ancient Greek. 2) The Pythagorean Theorem, which relates the length of the sides in a right triangle - as in "Use Pythagoras to solve this!"
A previous US president didnt invent the Pythagorean Theorem. A mathematician with the last name of "Pythagoras" did. After he died, his students continued with his studies and once they perfected it, they named the famous theorem after Pythagoras, their professor. However, President ames Garfield devised a new proof for the theorem and Garfield's proof still appears in geometry books . There was a mysterious society known as the Pythagoreans who studied some mathematics, but also attached mystical properties to numbers . It is not certain what Pythagoras the person actually did or even if he actually existed.
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