Dimitrios KalapothakisMarch 2, 2012 at 12:03pmHi Doctor, just a question - in Athens you mentioned that Pythagoras copied the theorem e.a. - you mean that he was a fake - in general ?? pls enlighten us because here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras - they have a different opinion - so do I - thanksDoctor Lewney - the Rock Doctor Not a fake as such, in fact there's so little trustworthy source material on him that it's difficult to say much about him at all with any confidence, but he does seem to be strongly influenced by Indian mathematicians like Baudayama, whose writing alluded to the RA triangle rule.
in fact there's so little trustworthy source material on him that it's difficult to say much about him at all with any confidence