Credit is given to the Greek mathematician Pythagoras but the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians knew of the properties of a right angle triangle long before Pythagoras
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For any right angle triangle the formula for Pythagoras' theorem is:- a2+b2 = c2 whereas a and b are the sides of the triangle with c being its hypotenuse or longest side
The theorem? Pythagoras
The definition of Pythagoras' theorem states that for any right angle triangle the square of its hypotenuse is equal to the squares of its sides and is given as:- a2+b2 = c2 whereas a and b are the sides of the triangle with c being its hypotenuse or longest side
From Wikipedia: "The C1 theorem was published in 1954, the Ck-theorem in 1956."
Norton's theorem is the current equivalent of Thevenin's theorem.