SVUniversity Student's Corner

Pythagoras of Samos Pythagoras, who is sometimes called the "First Philosopher," studied under Anaximander, Egyptians, Babylonians, and the mystic Pherekydes (from whom Pythagoras acquired a belief in reincarnation); he became the most influential of early Greek mathematicians. Contributions   :-  The Pythagorean Theorem was known long before Pythagoras, but he is often credited with the first  proof . (Apastambha proved it in India at about the same time; some conjecture that Pythagoras journeyed to India and learned of the proof there.)  Pythagoras discovered that harmonious intervals in music are based on simple rational numbers. This led to a fascination with integers and mystic numerology; he is sometimes called the "Father of Numbers" and once said "Number rules the universe."