![](http://www.whydoes.org/wp-content/themes/why/timthumb.php?src=http://www.whydoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Pythagorian-Theorem.jpg&h=150&w=250&zc=1)
All of us had, in one time or another, encountered the Pythagorean Theorem. A fundamental formula in Geometry, the theorem was first found stated in Babylonian text around 1900 BC. It was around 500 BC, however, that a proof to the theorem was discovered. Traditionally, Phythagoras, a famous Greek mathematician, was believed to have found the proof. This claim, albeit credible, wasn’t thoroughly discussed in detail until the publication of […]