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Pisagor

Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician

570 BC – 495 BC · 6th century BC

Pythagoras combined mathematics and music within a philosophical worldview and founded a religious-philosophical community that bore his name. He argued that the universe could be explained through numerical relationships.

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Sisam Adası

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Works (3)

  • The Pythagorean theorem

  • Teachings on number theory

  • Discoveries of mathematical ratios in music

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