... can be reduced using an easier way. In geometry, he figured out that the sum of the sides of the triangle was equal was related to the angels of the triangles. His major contribution was the Pythagoras theorem. In conclusion, Hellenic and Hellenistic Periods had lots of contributions towards western civilization. There were different people who added their known knowledge towards ... ...

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... named after its first observer, Pythagoras, but it was Euclid's insight what made it clear enough to become the basis for a great number of further mathematical discoveries. "In right-angled triangles-, the Alexandrian mathematician tells us, "the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle-. We set out on ... ...

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