ABOUT PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
THE HISTORY OF PYTHAGORAS THEOREM
Pythagoras theorem was introduced by the Greek Mathematician Pythagoras of Samos. He was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher. He started a group of mathematicians who works religiously on numbers and lived like monks. Finally, the Greek Mathematician stated the theorem hence it is called by his name as the “Pythagoras theorem.” Though it was introduced many centuries ago its application in the current era is obligatory to deal with pragmatic situations.
Although Pythagoras introduced and popularised the theorem, there is sufficient evidence proving its existence in other civilizations, 1000 years before Pythagoras was born. The oldest known evidence dates back to between 20th to 16th Century B.C in the Old Babylonian Period.
WHAT IS PYTHAGORAS THEOREM?
The Pythagoras theorem states that if a triangle is right-angled (90 degrees), then the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In the given triangle ABC, we have BC2 = AB2 + AC2. Here, AB is the base, AC is the altitude or the height, and BC is the hypotenuse.
