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

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[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cuneiform scripts were frequently coppied by scribes, so the theorem could be even older

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quite possible. Ancient Greeks really liked Akkadians.

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quite possible.

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

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Oh, right.