The most famous math-related thing the Greeks did, was by a man named Pythagoras. He invented the right-angled triangle formula.
a2 +b2 = c2.
This then formed Pythagorean triplets. eg. 3,4,5
5,12,13
etc...
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True or False. Logic and proof in math have been in existence sine the time of the ancient Greeks. true
Greeks developed geometry to help teach logic. This is why we must do proofs in geometry.
The ancient Greeks INVENTED math. See "Life of Pythagoras" by Iamblichus, Diogenes Laertius "Vitae philosophorum VIII", Porphyry "Life of Pythagoras" Apuleius "Apologia" and Hierocles of Alexandria "Golden Verses of Pythagoras".
The Greeks wrote on stone.
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