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What did Pythagoras Contribute to history?

Pythagoras studied odd and even numbers, triangular numbers, and perfect numbers. Pythagoreans contributed to our understanding of angles, triangles, areas, proportion, polygons, and polyhedra


Was there only one Pythagoras or where there a group of people called the Pythagoreans?

Both. There was a man named Pythagoras and his followers were called the Pythagoreans. Yes, there was someone called Pythagoras, and those loyal to him were Pythagoreans, though Pythagoreans sounds more like a tribe of natives than a bunch of people who followed a man.


The Pythagoreans masculine marriage number?

5


What did Carl Friedrich Gauss discover?

the method of adding all the numbers from 1~100


Why was the pythagorean theorem developed?

Best Answer Pythagoras (569-500 B.C.E.) was born on the island of Samos in Greece, and did much traveling through Egypt, learning, among other things, mathematics. Not much more is known of his early years. Pythagoras gained his famous status by founding a group, the Brotherhood of Pythagoreans, which was devoted to the study of mathematics. The group was almost cult-like in that it had symbols, rituals and prayers. In addition, Pythagoras believed that "Number rules the universe,"and the Pythagoreans gave numerical values to many objects and ideas. These numerical values, in turn, were endowed with mystical and spiritual qualities. Legend has it that upon completion of his famous theorem, Pythagoras sacrificed 100 oxen. Although he is credited with the discovery of the famous theorem, it is not possible to tell if Pythagoras is the actual author. The Pythagoreans wrote many geometric proofs, but it is difficult to ascertain who proved what, as the group wanted to keep their findings secret. Unfortunately, this vow of secrecy prevented an important mathematical idea from being made public. The Pythagoreans had discovered irrational numbers! If we take an isosceles right triangle with legs of measure 1, the hypotenuse will measure sqrt 2. But this number cannot be expressed as a length that can be measured with a ruler divided into fractional parts, and that deeply disturbed the Pythagoreans, who believed that "All is number." They called these numbers "alogon," which means "unutterable." So shocked were the Pythagoreans by these numbers, they put to death a member who dared to mention their existence to the public. It would be 200 years later that the Greek mathematician Eudoxus developed a way to deal with these unutterable numbers Answer by patel n 5 years ago Report Abuse Asker's Rating: Thank you for your informative answer. Not only did you include information about the pythagorean theorem, but you also talked about his life and achievments.

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When did pythagoreans discover irrational numbers?

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Who are the Pythagoreans?

About five centuries B.C. the school founded by the Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Pythagoras flourished in Samos, Greece. The Pythagoreans believed (but failed to prove) that the universe could be understood in terms of whole numbers.


What did Pythagoras Contribute to history?

Pythagoras studied odd and even numbers, triangular numbers, and perfect numbers. Pythagoreans contributed to our understanding of angles, triangles, areas, proportion, polygons, and polyhedra


What were Pythagoras' followers called?

Pythagoras' followers were known as Pythagoreans or Pythagoreans. They were a group of individuals who embraced his teachings on mathematics, philosophy, and way of life.


Why did the discovery of root 2 upset the Pythagoreans?

If anything wasn't a whole number, the Pythagoreans would have nothing to do with it.


What did the Pythagoreans do?

He studied Math.


Was there only one Pythagoras or where there a group of people called the Pythagoreans?

Both. There was a man named Pythagoras and his followers were called the Pythagoreans. Yes, there was someone called Pythagoras, and those loyal to him were Pythagoreans, though Pythagoreans sounds more like a tribe of natives than a bunch of people who followed a man.


What were the followers of pythagoras called?

the Pythagoreans


What was the name of Pythagoras followers?

The Pythagoreans


What was the names of Pythagoras's followers?

Pythagoreans


What were Pythagoras' students called?

Pythagoreans


What thinker or philosphical group first asserted that mathematical harmony could be found in the universe's underlying structures?

Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans were the first to assert that mathematical harmony could be found in the universe's underlying structures. They believed that numbers and mathematical relationships were at the core of all aspects of the universe, which they called the harmony of the spheres.