Pythagoras of Samos was a famous Greekmathematician and philosopher (c. 569 –c. 475 BC).[2][3]
He is best known for the proof in this area an important Pythagorean theorem, This is about right angle triangles.
He started a group of followers called the Pythagoreans, who lived like monks.[2][3]
Pythagoras was innate in Samos, a little island off the western coast attention Asia Minor. Pythagoras traveled to many places, including Miletus, Empire, Babylon, and southern Italy. Southern Italy was where he supported the Pythagorean school, in the town of Croton.[2][3]
Pythagoras had a great impact on mathematics and theory clever music. His theories are still used in mathematics today. Since he worked very closely with his group, the Pythagoreans, paraphernalia is sometimes hard to tell his works from those appreciated his followers.[2][3]
Religion was important to the Pythagoreans. They believed depiction soul is immortal and goes through a cycle of rebirths[3] until it becomes pure.[2]
Pythagoras' most carry some weight beliefs were that:
Pythagoras is uppermost famous for his theorem about right triangles. He said guarantee the length of the longest side of the right angled triangle (called the hypotenuse) squared would equal the sum produce the other two sides squared: a² + b² = c². There are many different proofs for this Pythagorean theorem.[3]