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Pythagoras' theorem (b) | Math History | NJ Wildberger

Pythagoras' theorem is both the oldest and the most important non-trivial theorem in mathematics. This is the second part of the first lecture of a short course on the History of Mathematics, by N J Wildberger at UNSW (MATH3560 and GENS2005). We will follow John Stillwell's text Mathematics and its History (Springer, 3rd ed). Generally the emphasis will be on mathematical ideas and results, but largely without proofs, with a main eye on the historical flow of ideas. A few historical tidbits will be thrown in too... In this first lecture (with two parts) we first give a very rough outline of world history from a mathematical point of view, position the work of the ancient Greeks as following from Egyptian and Babylonian influences, and introduce the most important theorem in all of mathematics: Pythagoras' theorem. Two interesting related issues are the irrationality of the 'square root of two' (the Greeks saw this as a length, but not as a number), and Pythagorean triples, which go back to the Babylonians. These are closely related to the important rational parametrization of a circle, essentially discovered by Euclid and Diophantus. The Greeks thought of mathematics differently than we do today, and all students can benefit from a closer appreciation of the difficulties which they saw, but which we today largely ignore. Video Contents: 00:00 Pythagorean triples 05:27 Unit circle : parametrization of the unit circle 10:52 Diophantus' (300 AD) parametrization 18:20 Finishing the derivation of the rational parametrization ************************ Screenshot PDFs for my videos are available at the website http://wildegg.com. These give you a concise overview of the contents of the lectures for various Playlists: great for review, study and summary. My research papers can be found at my Research Gate page, at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... My blog is at http://njwildberger.com/, where I will discuss lots of foundational issues, along with other things. Online courses will be developed at openlearning.com. The first one, already underway is Algebraic Calculus One at https://www.openlearning.com/courses/... Please join us for an exciting new approach to one of mathematics' most important subjects! If you would like to support these new initiatives for mathematics education and research, please consider becoming a Patron of this Channel at   / njwildberger   Your support would be much appreciated. Here are the Insights into Mathematics Playlists:    • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист   Here are the Wild Egg Maths Playlists (some available only to Members!)    • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист      • Плейлист