Greek philosopher Pythagoras played a crucial role in the birth of mathematics as we know it. He is probably most famous for the Pythagorean Theorem, which says the square of the hypotenuse (the ...

a 2 + b 2 = c 2. Remember that from high school math class? That's the Pythagorean theorem, which shows that in a right triangle, where the shorter legs are a and b, the sum of their squares is equal ...

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Pythagoras was an influential Greek mathematician and philosopher, best known for the theory which he gave his name. Very little is known about his life, however. He is believed to have been born on ...

Traces of right-angled triangles drawn using the Pythagorean theorem have been discovered on an approximately 3,700-year-old ancient Babylonian clay tablet. This predates Pythagoras, the ancient Greek ...

The tablet – known as Si.427 – was discovered in the late 19th century in what is now central Iraq, but its significance was unknown until today Source: UNSW A Sydney-based scientist’s “detective” ...

Ne'Kiya Jackson, left, and Calcea Johnson have published an academic paper detailing how they proved Pythagoras' theorem. Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson wowed their teachers in ...

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