Pythagoras of Samos was born around 570 BC on the island Samos in Greece. Little to no records or documents were written during his life, creating controversy and lack of reliable biographical information. Through the writings of students and followers of Pythagoras, historians have been able to create some understanding of his early life. Pythagoras is said to be the son of Mnesarchus and Pythais. He was raised on a small island off the coast of present day Turkey. His father being a merchant brought Pythagoras on his travels and journeys. At a young age Pythagoras learned many things and soon become educated and smart. Also Pythagoras developed a love for poetry and learned many of Homers poems. In 535 BC, Pythagoras left Samos due to the
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Pythagoras was excepted into the temple of Diospolis where he became a priest and performed rituals. He adapted many of the religious traditions and rules of the temple such as not eating beans or wearing animal skins. Here in Egypt Pythagoras was taught many of the math and geometry that makes him so famous today. When Persia invaded Egypt in 525 BC, Pythagoras fled and moved back to Greece and Samos. From there he studied law in Crete and later opened his own school in Croton. This school prospered and here he gained many students and followers. He developed many math and musical theories at this school and even created a philosophical group called Pythagoreans. At this school it is said to have been the first to use the words mathematics and …show more content…
Many of Pythagoras’s philosophical ideas can be seen in other philosophers such as Pluto. But his contribution to math is like no other. When Pythagoras finally settled down and formed his own group of people they started forming many different theories. Him and his followers formed the simple ideas of even and odd numbers. Off these basic principles they were able to discover many other truths of numbers. Pythagoras came across his next mathematical discovery through a problem. He discovered irrational number which today is known as the first crisis in math. Also Pythagoras was the first to decide that ten was the perfect number because of all of its unique features. Pythagoras also benefited geometry greatly. Pythagoras’s society is credited of being the first to use axiomatic systems. Pythagoreans created these small but important concepts by showing that small laws of empirical geometry could be proved as logical answers by a small number of axioms, or postulates. One of these rules or axioms is a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. These axioms were basic provable geometry rules that Pythagoras discovered. Without these basic axioms geometry would not be in existence. From these axioms, a number of theorems about the properties of points, lines, angles, curves, and planes were then created. These theorems include the famous Pythagorean theorem, which states that "the square of the
Pythagoras was excepted into the temple of Diospolis where he became a priest and performed rituals. He adapted many of the religious traditions and rules of the temple such as not eating beans or wearing animal skins. Here in Egypt Pythagoras was taught many of the math and geometry that makes him so famous today. When Persia invaded Egypt in 525 BC, Pythagoras fled and moved back to Greece and Samos. From there he studied law in Crete and later opened his own school in Croton. This school prospered and here he gained many students and followers. He developed many math and musical theories at this school and even created a philosophical group called Pythagoreans. At this school it is said to have been the first to use the words mathematics and …show more content…
Many of Pythagoras’s philosophical ideas can be seen in other philosophers such as Pluto. But his contribution to math is like no other. When Pythagoras finally settled down and formed his own group of people they started forming many different theories. Him and his followers formed the simple ideas of even and odd numbers. Off these basic principles they were able to discover many other truths of numbers. Pythagoras came across his next mathematical discovery through a problem. He discovered irrational number which today is known as the first crisis in math. Also Pythagoras was the first to decide that ten was the perfect number because of all of its unique features. Pythagoras also benefited geometry greatly. Pythagoras’s society is credited of being the first to use axiomatic systems. Pythagoreans created these small but important concepts by showing that small laws of empirical geometry could be proved as logical answers by a small number of axioms, or postulates. One of these rules or axioms is a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. These axioms were basic provable geometry rules that Pythagoras discovered. Without these basic axioms geometry would not be in existence. From these axioms, a number of theorems about the properties of points, lines, angles, curves, and planes were then created. These theorems include the famous Pythagorean theorem, which states that "the square of the