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.

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    1 year ago

    “Pythagorean Theorem? Oh I learned that in school I didn’t make it.”

    -Pythagoras, apparently