Shulba Sutra and the Pythagorean Theorem

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.

 

Kishore S Kumar

 
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Activity
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geometry  pythagoras  pythagorean  trigonometry 
Target Group (Age)
11 – 14
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
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