Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The theorem that the sum of the squares of the lengths of the sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse.
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- proper noun geometry A mathematical theorem which states that the
square of the length of thehypotenuse of aright triangle is equal to thesum of the squares of those of the two other sides. - proper noun functional analysis A generalization of the Pythagorean theorem for Euclidean triangles to
Hilbert spaces
Etymologies
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Named after Pythagoras, from Ancient Greek Πυθαγόρας (Pythagoras), Greek mathematician and philosopher who by tradition is credited with theorem’s discovery and proof.
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