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Was the concept of Pythagoras theorem existing before Pythagoras?

April 26, 2017concept existing Mathematics pythagoras Theorem

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Was the concept of Pythagoras theorem existing before Pythagoras?

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Yes. Indian priests were using it. They had complex rites concerning the laying out of bird-shaped altars, and these involved the use of triangles. They were using the theorem several centuries before Pythagoras was born.

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Well, there’s no telling with 100% certainty that Pythagoras was the first to think of the theorem widely attributed to him. It was around this time that Euclid started employing the axiomatic method, on which theorems are built, so it seems unlikely.