A theorem attributed to Pythagoras that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
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- The Sulba Sutras demonstrate that India had Pythagoras' theorem before the great Greek was born.
- Among these is the enunciation (but not proof) of Pythagoras' theorem.
- Suffice it to say that the headaches of algebra, Pythagoras' theorem, and geometry didn't tickle his fancy.
- By chapter two he is proving Pythagoras' theorem from first principles and introducing non-Euclidean geometry.