Pythagorean Theorem

This theorem inspired the class whose taking quarter, they are learning how to include the history
of mathematics in teaching some problems that incorporate the instruction. It is also a way to introduce
a new topic with the accordance of a new topic about the Pythagorean Theorem in the teaching and
learning.

Pythagoras is the founder of the Pythagorean School in Crotona; it is a school for the study of
mathematics, philosophy and natural science. Pythagoras school was a school that is closely knit
brotherhood with secret notes and observation according to Eves 75.

Pythagorean Theorem states that: the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the
sum of the square of the two legs.

Pythagoreans proof:

Let the angle denote the legs and the hypotenuse of the given right triangle and consider the two
squares in the accompanying figure.
Pythagoras Biography

Phocylides, Greek gnomic poet of

Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of
Megara, was born about 560 BC.

Born: Samos, Greece

Died: Metapontum

School: Pythagoreanism

Notable ideas: Musica universalis;

Pythagorean tuning; Pythagorean
theorem; Metempsychosis

Books: Poem of Admonition, Golden Verses

Children: Arignote, Myia, Telauges,Damo

Influenced by: Thales of Miletus,Anaximander, Pherecydes of Syros,Themistoclea

Pythagoras of Samos was a famous Greek mathematician and philosopher (c. 570 c. 495 BC).[1][2] He
is known best for the proof of the important Pythagorean theorem, which is about right triangles. He
started a group of mathematicians, called the Pythagoreans, who worshiped numbers and lived
like monks. He was an influence forPlato.
He had a great impact on mathematics, theory of music and astronomy. His theories are still used in
mathematics today. He was one of the greatest thinkers of his time.
Pythagoras was born in Samos, a little island off the western coast of Asia Minor. There is not much
information about his life. He was said to have had a good childhood. Growing up with two or three
brothers, he was well educated. He did not agree with the government and their schooling, so he moved
to Croton and set up his own cult (little society) of followers under his rule. His followers did not have
any personal possessions, and they were all vegetarians. Pythagoras taught them all, and they had to
obey strict rules.

Graphical demonstration of the Pythagorean theorem

Some say he was the first person to use the term philosophy. Since he worked very closely with his
group, the Pythagoreans, it is sometimes hard to tell his works from those of his followers.
Religion was important to the Pythagoreans. They swore their oaths by "1+2+3+4" (which equals 10).
They also believed the soul is immortal and goes through a cycle ofrebirths until it can become pure.
They believed that these souls were in both animaland plant life.