Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras
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Study math for long enough and you will likely have cursed Pythagoras's name, or said "praise be to Pythagoras" if you're a bit of a fan of triangles.
But while Pythagoras was an important historical figure in the development of mathematics, he did not figure out the equation most associated with him (a2 + b2 = c2). In fact, there is an ancient Babylonian tablet (by the catchy name of IM 67118) which uses the Pythagorean theorem to solve the length of a diagonal inside a rectangle. The tablet, likely used for teaching, dates from 1770 BCE – centuries before Pythagoras was born in around 570 BCE.
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Pythagoras CANCELLED for ACADEMIC PLAGIARISM
3 hours later
“Pythagoras issues an apology video for stealing his crowning achievement from a piece of clay”
Was he playing a ukulele?
Harpe
"All aboard the clay tablet train"
Tablet man sues Pythagoras for IP infringement
How do I pronounce 17 arrows pointed in different directions? click click clack?
Telephone router noises, the universal language
This is from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoiTPjL18Mg
Three hours after that
"Justice Department launches investigation into accusations of missing persons in the Pythagorean Cult compound."
I can hear this headline in Buzzfeed, Fox, and HuffPost fonts.
"It was just parallel thinking, bro..."
Could've sworn there were already other instances of people discovering before Pythagoras even before this.
There are.
You sir, win the internet today.