Pythagoras

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Pythagoras (mathematician)

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full name | Pythagoras date of birth | ~~ BC ( years ago) place of birth | Samos, Samos, Greece date of death | ~~ BC (age: years) ( years ago) place of death | Bernalda, Matera, Basilicata, Italy (commune)

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Greek philosopher and mathematician, best known for the Pythagorean Theorem, a^ + b^ = c^ Credited with the idea of Musica universalis, describing proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music Considered to have devised the mystical symbol the tetractys, whose rows add up to ten, the "perfect number" Ideas ascribed to him influenced Plato and thus much of the foundations of Western philosophy His name was not connected with theorem until five centuries after his death, though Babylonians and Indians knew of and used the theorem Founded the Pythagoreans, a secretive religious sect