His father was Mnesarchus and his mother was .
As a child, Pythagoras spent his beginning .
years in Samos, but then traveled with his father. It is not.
accurate whether or not Pythagoras had two or three brothers. .
Pythagoras was said to be well educated. He played the.
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lyre, learned poetry and was able to recite Homer. Out of the.
teachers Pythagoras had, there were three teachers who .
influenced Pythagoras the most, all were.
Philosophers. The most important teacher who .
influenced Pythagoras was Pherekydes. The two other .
Philosophers who influenced him and introduced him to .
mathematics were Hales and Anaximander. In 535 B.C.
Pythagoras went to Egypt. It is said that Pythagoras had.
learned Geometry from the Egyptians, however, Anaximander.
had probably introduced him to geometry before. In 525 B.C. .
the King of Persia invaded Egypt. Pythagoras was taken .
prisoner and was taken to Babylon. In 520 B.C. Pythagoras.
was set free and went back to Samos. In Samos he founded a .
school, the "Semicircle of Pythagoras-.
Around 518 B.C. Pythagoras went to Italy. He founded a .
philosophical and religious school in Croton. Pythagoras was .
the leader of the Society, with an inner circle. Both men and.
women were allowed to become members of the Society and .
some of the women became famous philosophers. .
The members of the inner circle were known as.
Mathematikoi. This inner circle obeyed strict rules that came .
from the beliefs of Pythagoras. .
Pythagoras was interested in the principles of .
mathematics, number concepts and abstract idea of a .
proof.Many think of Pythagoras as the first "pure .
mathematician-. He was extremely important in the .
development of mathematics. Unfortunately, there is very little .
known about Pythagoras since the Society which he led, was .
bound by secrecy. .
The Pythagorean Theorem was proven by Pythagoras.
and his followers in the fifth century B.C. This theorem states .
that: in a right triangle, the square of the length of the.
