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Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)

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[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Good to know! TBH, I'm specifically excited to see it was present in the fertile crescent. I really like clay tablets.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Quite possible. Ancient Greeks really liked Akkadians.

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Quite possible.

I'm not sure I understand this statement? Isn't that what the article says?

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Oh, right.

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