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Pythagoras biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Pythagoras

Author Name:

Pythagoras

Born As:

Pythagoras

Other Names:

Pythagoras of Samos

Born:

580

Died:

507




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Philosopher and mathematician                          
Pythagorean theorem:


Since the fourth century AD, Pythagoras has commonly been given credit for discovering the Pythagorean theorem, a theorem in geometry that states that in a right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle), c, is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, b and a—that is, a2 + b2 = c2.

While the theorem that now bears his name was known and previously utilized by the Babylonians and Indians, he, or his students, are often said to have constructed the first proof. It must, however, be stressed that the way in which the Babylonians handled Pythagorean numbers, implies that they knew that the principle was generally applicable, and knew some kind of proof, which has not yet been found in the (still largely unpublished) cuneiform sources.

Because of the secretive nature of his school and the custom of its students to attribute everything to their teacher, there is no evidence that Pythagoras himself worked on or proved this theorem. For that matter, there is no evidence that he worked on any mathematical or meta-mathematical problems. 

Some attribute it as a carefully constructed myth by followers of Plato over two centuries after the death of Pythagoras, mainly to bolster the case for Platonic meta-physics, which resonate well with the ideas they attributed to Pythagoras. This attribution has stuck, down the centuries up to modern times.

The earliest known mention of Pythagoras's name in connection with the theorem occurred five centuries after his death, in the writings of Cicero and Plutarch.                          
Mother Pythais
Father Mnesarchus, born on the Island of Samos.                          
                          
None of his writings have survived and many of the ideas credited to Pythagoras may have been achievements of colleagues and successors.

Commonly thought to be born between 580 B.C.- 572 BC
Commonly thought to have died between 500 B.C.- 490 BC