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Pythagoras = Bust of Pythagoras of Samos in the [|Capitoline Museums], [|Rome] || [|Samos Island] || [|Metapontum] || S.D:)
 * ~ Full name || Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας) ||
 * ~ Born || c. 570 BC
 * ~ Died || c. 495 BC (aged around 75)
 * ~ Era || [|Ancient philosophy] ||
 * ~ Region || Western philosophy ||
 * ~ [|School] || [|Pythagoreanism] ||
 * ~ Main interests || [|Metaphysics], [|Music], [|Mathematics], [|Ethics], [|Politics] ||
 * ~ Notable ideas || [|Musica universalis], [|Golden ratio], [|Pythagorean tuning], [|Pythagorean theorem] ||
 * = Influenced by[show] [|Thales], [|Anaximander], [|Pherecydes] ||
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a2 + b2 = c2
 * It is called "Pythagoras' Theorem" and can be written in one short equation:

Note: S.D:)
 * **c** is the **longest side** of the triangle
 * **a** and **b** are the other two sides ||

S.D:)
 * c ﻿ is the longest side of the triangle
 * a and b are the other two sides

Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras's writings. The society which he led, half religious and half scientific, followed a code of secrecy which certainly means that today Pythagoras is a mysterious figure.