MATHEMATICIAN

SUBMITTED BY,
SUBI MATHEW
MATHEMATICS
K.U.C.T.E KYM

TOPIC:
PYTHAGORAS
Pythagoras
Bust of Pythagoras of Samos in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Born
c. 570 BC
Samos
Died
c. !5 BC "aged around 75#
Metapontum
$ra %ncient philosophy
Region &estern philosophy
School Pythagoreanism
Main interests Metaphysics, Music, Mathematics, $thics, Politics
'ota(le ideas Musica uni)ersalis, Pythagorean tuning, Pythagorean theorem
Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher,
mahemai!ian, an" #o$n"er o# he reli%io$s mo&emen !alle"
'(ha%oreanism.
Pythagoras ma"e in#l$enial !onri)$ions o
philosoph( an" reli%ion in he lae *h !en$r( BC. He is o#en re&ere"
as a %rea mahemai!ian, m(si!, an" s!ienis an" is )es known #or he
'(ha%orean heorem whi!h )ears his name. Howe&er, )e!a$se le%en"
an" o)#$s!aion !lo$" his work e&en more han ha o# he oher pre+
So!rai! philosophers, one !an %i&e onl( a enai&e a!!o$n o# his
ea!hin%s, an" some ha&e ,$esione" wheher he !onri)$e" m$!h o
mahemai!s or na$ral philosoph(. Man( o# he a!!omplishmens
!re"ie" o '(ha%oras ma( a!$all( ha&e )een a!!omplishmens o# his
!ollea%$es an" s$!!essors. Wheher or no his "is!iples )elie&e" ha
e&er(hin% was relae" o mahemai!s an" ha n$m)ers were he
$limae reali( is $nknown. I was sai" ha he was he #irs man o !all
himsel# a philosopher, or lo&er o# wis"om, an" '(ha%orean i"eas
e-er!ise" a marke" in#l$en!e on 'lao, an" hro$%h him, all o# Wesern
philosoph(.