The development of the Pythagorean theorem

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Question from Ataa, a student:

Dear expert,
I am doing a assigment on Pythagorean Theorem and i am stuck on the sub-question
development of the pythagorean theorem and i really need help can u give me accurate info
for this because i am not finding anything!!!thanks in advance.
Yours truly
AUMAKHAN

Because Pythagoras has become a mythical figure, it is very hard to separate history from legend. Among the few sources that are reliable is the St. Andrews history page,
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Pythagoras.html

There the authors tell you where each piece of information originates and how reliable it might be.

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