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Pythagorean Theorem Found On Ancient Babylonian Clay Tablets Predating Pythagoras By 1,000 Years
rangerrebew:
Pythagorean Theorem Found On Ancient Babylonian Clay Tablets Predating Pythagoras By 1,000 Years
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-ancient-babylonian-clay-tablets-predating-pythagoras-by-1-000-years/vi-BB1kPwHx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=45930da9b6914990898b7b69110012e3&ei=36
BobfromWB:
--- Quote from: rangerrebew on April 02, 2024, 07:31:41 am ---Pythagorean Theorem Found On Ancient Babylonian Clay Tablets Predating Pythagoras By 1,000 Years
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-ancient-babylonian-clay-tablets-predating-pythagoras-by-1-000-years/vi-BB1kPwHx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=45930da9b6914990898b7b69110012e3&ei=36
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Pythagoras spent many years in Egypt where he learned the "Pythagorean Theorem" from the Egyptians.
The_Reader_David:
Is it really the Pythagorean theorem (with proof, since otherwise it wasn't a theorem yet, just a conjecture) or a statement of the general fact without proof, or one or more instances of the theorem (e.g. a list of Pythagorean triple 3,4,5; 5,12,13; etc.)?
There are lots of instance of special cases being known by a variety of cultures before Pythagoras, but if it isn't the general statement with proof, it's not the Pythagorean theorem.
I can't tell since the video that is linked is broken.
roamer_1:
Most of geometry is self evident when laying out sites with a string... Just saying.
Squaring a corner by the 3,4,5 method is so stupid easy that I cannot abide the idea that our forefathers couldn't figure it out. Same thing with spirit levels to use for level and plumb bobs for plumb.
I DO believe there are lost technologies... but a whole lot of ancient construction can be readily accomplished with general knowledge.
Pythagoras just wrote it down. So he gets the props. and that's alright.
Hoodat:
The Pythagorean Theorum is the Law of Cosines applied to a right angle. Cos (90°) = 0
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