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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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Quite possible. Ancient Greeks really liked Akkadians.

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Quite possible.

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

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, right.

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