A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.
A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.
it’s not the fact that A^2 + B^2 = C^2 that’s important, it’s the proof
there’s been evidence for ages that previous civilizations used it
Even his role regarding the proof seems unclear. It was interesting to browse the Wiki articles about this theorem’s history. Could be him, or one of his students, or neither.