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Pythagorasabout 585-507 B.C.

By: Jesus Del Toro

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Background

• Born in Samos, Greece

• Pythagoras also a philosopher

• He learned from the Ionian philosophers

• Drawn away from Samos because of his disgust for tyranny of Polycrates

• Traveled to Egypt to study with priest on one of the major temple schools

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Pythagoreanism

• He had his own cult, people called Pythagoreans

• Founded own school in Croton

• This school was base more on religion and philosophy

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Discoveries

• The Pythagorean Theorem

• Discovered the existence of irrational numbers.

• First to distinguish between prime and composite.

• Related music to math

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Great Mathematician or Overrated?

• In my opinion Pythagoras is a great mathematician for all of his discoveries not only math but also astronomy and music. But a lot of credit has to go to his students for keeping his teachings because no work of Pythagoras was saved .

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Mathematicians of Samos

Aristarchus Conon

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Mandy Bakas

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Source Page

• http://www.mathopenref.com/pythagoras.html

• http://alchemy1961.tripod.com/pythagoras.htm

• http://hubpages.com/hub/How-Is-The-Pythagorean-Theorem-Used-Today

• http://www.lycos.com/info/pythagoras--music.html