Pythagoras of Samos was a Greek philosopher and mathematician famous for being the founder of the Pythagorean Theorem. He is frequently said to be the first ‘pure’ mathematician. He was a big contributor to the development of mathematics. He formulated principles that soon influenced Pluto and Aristotle. His views lead him to founding the Pythagorean School pf Mathematics in Cartona, Greece. While Pythagoras is one of the most famous mathematicians of Ancient Greece, most of the information that is available today was recorded centuries after his death sometime in 500BC and 475BC. Many records may contradict each other, but in comparison they all state that he was born to a merchant father, Mnesarchus from Tyre. Not a lot is known about …show more content…
Pythagoras was lucky enough to escape the multitude, many of his followers were said to be stabbed to death. Many people say that his followers formed a human bridge to help him escape, and while escaping there was field of beans and stopped and chose to die at the hand of his enemies because of a single bean dangling, inches from his …show more content…
Pythagoras was remembered for the Pythagorean Theorem. The theorem states when a triangle has a right angle (90 degrees) and squares are made on each of the three sides; the biggest square has the same length as the triangles hypotenuse. Even though earlier Egyptians stated this theorem as a practical relationship, but as far as anyone knows the Pythagoreans were the first to prove it. It is also believed that he formulated the tetracyts, a triangular figure that consists of one, two, three, four points on each row. Each point has a different meaning. The first point means the divine dimension, where everything is created. The second row signifies the first dimension, but for Pythagoreans, it means strife. The third row represents the second dimension and Harmony. The final row symbolizes the four elements of the ancient world; earth, air, fir, and water. He also found out that music can blend into math to make the perfect ratios. The fourth string, 2:1, the third string, 3:2, and the second and third, 4:3. The Pythagoreans also produced very important advances to the science everyone knows today. They discovered that Earth is a sphere, that revolves around other planet and the sun. They also identified that while the moon revolves around the earth, it is inclined to the equator of the