Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older Than Pythagoras

Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by selcuka on Thursday October 05, 2023 @02:47AM (#37775567)

I believe the whole story is imaginary.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by jaredsohn on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:01AM (#37775631)

or at least more complex than described

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by r13a on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:13AM (#37775690)

Unless the story has some transcendental meaning ...

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by Cyphase on Thursday October 05, 2023 @03:33AM (#37775796)

Only if you're primed to see that.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by nopurpose on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:28AM (#37776144)

Don't you think this discussion is tangental to the topic?

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by brutusborn on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:03AM (#37776380)

Discussing the history of Pythagoras under an article on the history of his most famous theorem?

I think you have a very high bar for relevance.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by throwaway167 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:06AM (#37776394)

Do you assume a point exists?

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by nopurpose on Friday October 06, 2023 @07:08AM (#37789202)

You are free to make approximation like that. Really, whatever floats your boat.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by Cyphase on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:25AM (#37776511)

I think that's hyperbolic. It seems like a natural digression. I think you're just being negative.

Put another way, this discussion certainly has more than an infinitesimal relation to the original link.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by scarmig on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:00AM (#37778038)

This seems like a pointless back and forth; you all aren't going to be able to square the circle here.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by jdechko on Thursday October 05, 2023 @10:22PM (#37786547)

All math is derivative anyway.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by belter on Thursday October 05, 2023 @08:07AM (#37777554)

There must a right angle to look at it...

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by RHSman2 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:37PM (#37784597)

Bravo

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