ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Pythagoras of Samos
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Greek philosopher whose contributions to mathematics were perhaps more limited than is generally believed.
Best known for being said to have provided the first known proof of Pythagoras's Theorem (or one of his students did) which had probably been known to the ancient Egyptians.
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Nationality
Greek
History
- Born: between 580 and 572 BCE, Samos, Ionia
- Died: between 500 and 490 BCE
Theorems and Definitions
- Pythagoras's Theorem, documented as Proposition 47 of Book I in The Elements by Euclid.
- Has also been credited with Proposition 44 of Book I in The Elements by Euclid.
Writings
No writings of his survive, although many forgeries have circulated.
See also
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Pythagoras of Samos": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics (1937): Chapter $\text{II}$
- George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems (1992): Chapter $\text {A}.2$
