-It was made by Pythagoreas, but was discovered earlier in Asian countries, esp. China
-It only has to do with right angle triangles
-It leads into trig functions and is the basis of trigonometry
-It is used commonly nowadays
-People earlier used this to prove that not all numbers are rational!
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the standard form of the Pythagorean Theorem is :a2 + b2 = c2
The Pythagorean theorem is a2 + b2 = c2
The Pythagorean theorem gets its name from the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras. He was one of the first to offer proof of the theorem.
Although the mathematical facts of the theorem existed - even before humans did - the theorem itself did not exist until Pythagoras thought of it. In that sense, he did not FIND it because it did not exist until he had thought of it.
Since the Pythagorean theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, it was reasonable to assume that he is the first person to have it.