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R. de Zwarte
Pythagoras’ Inheritance at Paestum in South Italy
Number is the Substance of All Things

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 pi 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.

Article in volume 79, 2004, pages 41-50

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