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Warpy

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2. He might have been the first to write it down

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 05:56 PM

Oct 2013

or the first whose writings survived.

I think the chances are very good that it had been known for a very long time by architects/engineers and stonemasons.

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Was Pythagoras the First to Discover Pythagoras�s Theorem? [View all] JonLP24 Oct 2013 OP

So what. If not Pythagorus, somebody has to come up with the thing. longship Oct 2013 #1

He might have been the first to write it down Warpy Oct 2013 #2

According to an 1985 History of Mathematics tex that I have, Plimpton 322 established this in 1945. Jim__ Oct 2013 #3

That was established in the 1950s. Igel Oct 2013 #4

OK, thanks. I was accepting the text because it said "beyond any doubt." Jim__ Oct 2013 #5

The King's chamber in the Great Pyramid Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #6