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Document Details : Title: Pythagoras' Inheritance at Paestum in South Italy Subtitle: Number is the Substance of All Things Author(s): DE ZWARTE, R. Journal: BABESCH Volume: 79 Date: 2004 Pages: 41-50 DOI: 10.2143/BAB.79.0.504734 Abstract : The discovery of Pythagoras’ shrine at Paestum in South Italy will enrich our knowledge about geometry done with numbers of various geometrical and arithmetical progressions. The accuracy of the constructions is fabulous. The diagonal of a square with side 309 was found to be rational by measuring. A golden isosceles triangle has been laid off by using the telling numbers 618 and 1000. The Archimedean value for ð was already known in the 6th century BC. The Delian problem is older than the time of Plato. The Pythagoreans solved this problem as well as the quadrature of the circle. |
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