Pythagoras

Presented by: Gian Carlo Miguel Q. Regalado

Agenda for this lesson

• Know more about Pythagoras.

• Learn why the Pythagorean theorem is one
of most basic and important theorem.
Background:
• Pythagoras of Samos.(c. 570 – c. 495 BC)[ was an ancient Ionian

 Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of 

Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well

known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of 

Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.

Knowledge of his life is clouded by legend, but he appears to

have been the son of Mnesarchus, a gem-engraver on the

island of Samos. Modern scholars disagree regarding

Pythagoras's education and influences, but they do agree that,

around 530 BC, he travelled to Croton in southern Italy, where

he founded a school in which initiates were sworn to secrecy

and lived a communal, ascetic lifestyle. This lifestyle entailed a

number of dietary prohibitions, traditionally said to have

included vegetarianism, although modern scholars doubt that

he ever advocated for complete vegetarianism.

Pythagorean Theorem
• In mathematics, the Pythagorean
theorem, or Pythagoras'
theorem, is a fundamental
relation in Euclidean geometry
 among the three sides of a 
right triangle. It states that the
area of the square whose side is
the hypotenuse (the side
opposite the right angle) is equal
to the sum of the areas of the
squares on the other two sides.
This theorem can be written as
an equation relating the lengths
of the sides a, b and c, often
called the Pythagorean equation:
a^2+b^2=c^2
Why is it important?
• Designate a random
point on the circle (x,y). If
we draw a line from the
center of the circle to x,y,
that line is a radius of the
circle. Call it r. If we drop
a line down from (x,y) to
the x-axis, we’ll have a
right triangle and an
opportunity to therefore
apply the Pythagorean
Theorem to a circle.
• Note that the base of the triangle is x, and the height of the
triangle is y. So now we have our Pythagorean Theorem
equation: x^2 + y^2 = r^2. This is also the equation for a circle
centered on the origin on the coordinate plane. [The more
general equation for a circle with a center (a,b) is (x-a)^2 + (y-
b)^2 = r^2. When a circle is centered on the origin, (a,b) is
simply (0,0.)]