the Pythagorean proposition

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• Pythagorean proposition — Pythagorean Pyth a*go re*an, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. [1913 Webster] The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pythagorean theorem — See also: Pythagorean trigonometric identity The Pythagorean theorem: The sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c) …   Wikipedia

• Pythagorean — Pyth a*go re*an, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. [1913 Webster] The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pythagorean letter — Pythagorean Pyth a*go re*an, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. [1913 Webster] The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pythagorean system — Pythagorean Pyth a*go re*an, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. [1913 Webster] The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pythagorean theorem — Geom. the theorem that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. [1905 10] * * * Rule relating the lengths of the sides of a right triangle. It says that the sum of the squares of… …   Universalium

• Pythagorean triple — A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a , b , and c , such that a 2 + b 2 = c 2. Such a triple is commonly written ( a , b , c ), and a well known example is (3, 4, 5). If ( a , b , c ) is a Pythagorean triple, then so is ( ka …   Wikipedia

• Paris arts faculty (The): Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito — The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito Sten Ebbesen Throughout the thirteenth century Paris overshadowed all other universities in the arts as in theology. This chapter will deal almost exclusively with Paris …   History of philosophy

• Logic and the philosophy of mathematics in the nineteenth century — John Stillwell INTRODUCTION In its history of over two thousand years, mathematics has seldom been disturbed by philosophical disputes. Ever since Plato, who is said to have put the slogan ‘Let no one who is not a geometer enter here’ over the… …   History of philosophy

• List of rasa'il in the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity — The following is a list of the rasa il (epistles) which compose the influential Neoplatonic encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity composed by the Brethren of Purity in the tenth century CE in Basra, Iraq.The following… …   Wikipedia

• Secundus the Silent — was a Cynic or Neo Pythagorean philosopher who lived in Athens in the early 2nd century AD, who had taken a vow of silence.He is known only from an anonymous Life of Secundus which has survived. We are told that he was sent away from home to be… …   Wikipedia