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The origin of this theorem has been lost in antiquity. It is doubtful that Pythagoras, or even the Pythagorean society discovered it . It has been known "forever", like the wheel.

There surely was a time when it was not known, but nobody can pick out a individual who first used it.

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It was most likely Pythagoras himself.

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