Pythagoreanism originated in the 6th century BC, based on and around the teachings and beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans...
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mathematician, philosopher, and music theorist Pythagoras, may refer to: Pythagoreanism, the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs purported to have been held by...
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In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle...
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Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. This ratio, also known as...
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A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a2 + b2 = c2. Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), a well-known...
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Pythagoras (redirect from Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism)
(1455–1522) synthesized Pythagoreanism with Christian theology and Jewish Kabbalah, arguing that Kabbalah and Pythagoreanism were both inspired by Mosaic...
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Pythagorean expectation is a sports analytics formula devised by Bill James to estimate the percentage of games a baseball team "should" have won based...
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A Pythagorean cup (also known as a Pythagoras cup, Greedy Cup, Cup of Justice or Tantalus cup) is a practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup...
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Press. p. 163. ISBN 1139444077. Huffman, Carl (2014). A History of Pythagoreanism. Cambridge University Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-1139915984. Virginia Tech...
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Pythagorean comma (531441:524288) on C In musical tuning, the Pythagorean comma (or ditonic comma), named after the ancient mathematician and philosopher...
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