Subject: Re: [HM] Pythagorean Theorem
From: Ken Pledger (Ken.Pledger@vuw.ac.nz)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 17:32:51 EST
> Recently, there have been several questions regarding the first
> mention of a particular term. In my geometry class yesterday, one student
> asked: When was the Pythagorean Theorem first called the Pythagorean
> Theorem?
> Does anyone have an answer?
>
> Mike Kallaher
The best answer is to refer you and your class to Jeff Miller's web
site
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html
which deals with early uses of mathematical terms. You'll find that it
includes a use of "Pythagorean Theorem" in 1743 and possibly earlier.
Ken Pledger.
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