2011 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The Ancients
verfasst von : Steven G. Krantz
Erschienen in: The Proof is in the Pudding
Verlag: Springer New York
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Perhaps the first mathematical proof in recorded history is due to the Babylonians. They seem (along with the Chinese) to have been aware of the Pythagorean theorem (discussed in detail below) well before Pythagoras.
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The Babylonians had certain diagrams that indicate why the Pythagorean theorem is true, and tablets have been found to validate this fact.
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