Zerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoraswww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·6 months agoThe first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·6 months agoTaking 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.
The first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.
Taking a diagonal shortcut means that you understand
a + b > c. That’s a far leap from being able to prove thata^2 + b^2 = c^2.