It predates Pythagoras by over 1,000 years.

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.

  • @SanctusEnglish
    4•1 year ago

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

    -Pythagoras, apparently