Why is the pythagorean theorem credited to Pythagoras?

Answer 1

Well this is the simplest answer Pythagoras is credited with the theorem but we all know the Egyptians had been using this formula 2000 B.C. Searching for a way to square up the foundations of the, most noteably, pyramids; they found that a piece of rope tied into a knot every 12 inches and stretched across three stakes to form a triangle starting with one of the stakes outside of the center one. 3 knots one direction, 4 knots the opposite direction. one of the stakes on the outside of the layout would be adjusted until there were 5 knots intersecting across the diagonal created between the 2 outside stakes. Hence the age old carpentry trick of 3,4,5. A 3ft vertical leg (rise) 4ft base (run) 5ft diag hypotenuse Pythagoras created the Pythagoreans society of Crotona, Italy. Which were basically decimated by 530 A.D. Pythagoras was said to have fled death at this time.