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

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9 months ago

The first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.

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9 months ago

Taking a diagonal shortcut means that you understand a + b > c. That’s a far leap from being able to prove that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

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