Pythagorean Knowledge in Babylonia Pythagorean theorem was found to be used by babylonian centuries before Pythagoras The Phlimpton 322 Tablet It contains a highly sophisticated sequence of integer numbers that satisfy the Pythagorean equation a2+b2=c2, known as Pythagorean triples. Babylonian Problem on circle segment:. The following problem and the solution were found on a Babylonian tablet dating from about 2600BC: Problem: 60 is the Circumference, 2 is the perpendicular, find the chord. Thou double 2 and get 4 Take 4 from 20, thou gettest 16 Square 16, thou gettest 256 Take 256 from 400, thou gettest 144 Whence the square root of 144, 12 is the chord. Let's write this in using algebra, with” C ” being the length of the circumference, ”c ” being the length of the chord and ”s” being the perpendicular. Thou double 2 and get 4 That's 2s. Take 4 from 20, thou gettest 16 20 is C/3. So this is C/3 - 2s. Square 16, thou gettest...
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Lovely! Great tracking of your mathematical thinking here.
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