Is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem#History]Pythagorean Theorem really attributable to Pythagoras[/url]?
There is considerable evidence now to show that the Babyloneans and Hindus were aware of "Pythagorean Triples" and the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, much before Pythagoras. This step-wise animation illustrates the application of the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, as found in the Indian Shulba Sutra circa 800 BC, some two hundred years before Pythagoras.
