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... triangle , tell them something about its discoverer - how Pythagoras , jubilant over his great accomplishment , sacrificed a hecatomb to the Muses who in- spired him . When the value of mathematical training is called in question ...
... triangle , tell them something about its discoverer - how Pythagoras , jubilant over his great accomplishment , sacrificed a hecatomb to the Muses who in- spired him . When the value of mathematical training is called in question ...
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... triangle and quadrangle , which they used in their auguries . Like the Hebrews ( 1 Kin . 7:23 ) , they took 3. . Of geometrical demonstrations there is , of course , no trace . " As a rule , in the Oriental mind the intui- tive powers ...
... triangle and quadrangle , which they used in their auguries . Like the Hebrews ( 1 Kin . 7:23 ) , they took 3. . Of geometrical demonstrations there is , of course , no trace . " As a rule , in the Oriental mind the intui- tive powers ...
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... triangle and quadrangle , which they used in their auguries . Like the Hebrews ( 1 Kin . 7:23 ) , they took 3 .. Of geometrical demonstrations there is , of course , no trace . " As a rule , in the Oriental mind the intui- tive powers ...
... triangle and quadrangle , which they used in their auguries . Like the Hebrews ( 1 Kin . 7:23 ) , they took 3 .. Of geometrical demonstrations there is , of course , no trace . " As a rule , in the Oriental mind the intui- tive powers ...
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... triangle , of which the sides measure 10 ruths and the base 4 ruths , was erroneously given as 20 square ruths , or half the product of the base by one side . The area of an isosceles trapezoid is found , similarly , by multiplying half ...
... triangle , of which the sides measure 10 ruths and the base 4 ruths , was erroneously given as 20 square ruths , or half the product of the base by one side . The area of an isosceles trapezoid is found , similarly , by multiplying half ...
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... triangle . If this explanation is correct , then the Egyptians were familiar , 2000 years B.C. , with the well - known property of the right triangle , for the special case at least when the sides are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 . On the ...
... triangle . If this explanation is correct , then the Egyptians were familiar , 2000 years B.C. , with the well - known property of the right triangle , for the special case at least when the sides are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 . On the ...
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