Pythagoras was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, best known for his contributions to mathematics, particularly in geometry. He lived around 570-495 BCE and founded a religious movement known as Pythagoreanism. His most famous theorem, the Pythagorean Theorem, states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. This principle is fundamental in mathematics and is widely used in various fields, including architecture and engineering.
Beyond mathematics, Pythagoras and his followers believed in the importance of numbers in understanding the universe. They thought that numbers had mystical properties and that they could explain the harmony of the cosmos. This belief influenced not only mathematics