It predates Pythagoras by over 1,000 years.

A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.

  • Magnor
    4•9 months ago

    In France most curricula go one step further and call it “the Chinese theorem”. Talk about internalised racism.