My Favorite Mathematical Theorem

As a second-year undergraduate student of Federal University Of Technology Owerri, Imo State,

Nigeria, I cannot deny the fact that I have faced and encountered a whole lot of Mathematical
theorems throughout my 6 years in secondary school in allignment with the Nigerian educational
system, but, non other have caught my undivided attention than "Pythagorean Theorem". Honestly,
this was actually the topic that changed my perspective of Mathematics.

According to britannica.com, "Pythagorean Theorem, the well-known geometric theorem states

that the sum of squares on the legs of a right angle triangle is equal to the square on the hyoptenuse
(the side opposite the right angle), or, in familiar algebraic notation, a^2 + b^2 = C^2".

This theorem has always been associated with Greek mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras,
although, it is believed to be far older, tracing way back to Ancient Babylon where the four Babylonian
tablets from circa 1900-1600 BCE were found, this indicates some knowledge of the theorem, with a
very accurate calculation of the square root of 2 (the length of the hyotenuse of a right angle triangle
with the length of both legs equalto 1) and lists of special integers known as Pythagorean triples that
satisfy it ( e.g 3, 4 and 5; 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2, 9+ 16 = 25). The theorem is mentioned in the Baudhayana
Sulba-sutra of India, which was written between 800 and 400 BCE. Nevertheless, the theorem was
credited to Pythagoras.