Zerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoraswww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoraswww.iflscience.comZerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoA handful of people can be credited with discovering the theorem prior to Pythagoras, this isn’t the first time this has come up, and incidentally there is almost no evidence to suggest Pythagoras did.
minus-squarebillgamesh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoGood to know! TBH, I’m specifically excited to see it was present in the fertile crescent. I really like clay tablets.
A handful of people can be credited with discovering the theorem prior to Pythagoras, this isn’t the first time this has come up, and incidentally there is almost no evidence to suggest Pythagoras did.
Good to know! TBH, I’m specifically excited to see it was present in the fertile crescent. I really like clay tablets.