It has recently come to light that Pythagoras did not discover the Pythagorean theorem. This is based on evidence from a newly analyzed tablet estimated to be from 1770 BC.
Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.A closer look at a study from 2009 found that the ancient Babylonians were aware of the Pythagorean theorem . The equation was named after Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician roughly 2,500 years ago.
Recently, it came to light that Pythagoras did not discover the significant equation: a2 + b2=c2, which represents the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides .may have introduced the concept first.
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