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Pythagoras was said to have died around 495 BC.

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- Believed that the basis of everything in the world is a number.

- The existence of numbers

- Irrational numbers

- The platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and isosahedron)

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He opened up a school called The Semicircle, where he taught students his philosophy of life.

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Many of his followers included: Zeno of Elea, Hippocrates, Plato, Theaetetus and Archytas.

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He had many followers, known as "The Pythagoreans."

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Pythagoras returned back to his home of Samos and decided to teach students all that he knows.

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Many students know the Pythagorean Theorem as a^2 + b^2 = c^2. This theorem is used when dealing with the lengths and sides of a right triangle.

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Even though it was said that Pythagoras was not the inventor of the Pythagorean Theorem,  Pythagoras is known for the first proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. All of this information include the pentagon, polygonal numbers, three of the five regular solids, and irrational numbers.

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A big concept of music was also discovered by him. Pythagoras found that harmonious intervals are based on rational numbers. This led to a fascination with numbers and integers.

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Pythagoras is most known for being the first person to use axioms and proofs.

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He also studied music under the Persian priests.

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He was captured in a Persian invasion and was brought to Babylon, where he decided to start studying mathematics and mathematical sciences under the Persian priests.

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He moved to Egypt for ten years where he studied under the temple priests and eventually gained entry into priesthood.

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Pythagoras had a love for astronomy, mathematics and science. At the young age of 18, he traveled to meet Thales.

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Pythagoras followed much in his fathers' footsteps. Throughout his early life, Pythagoras studied under many teachers including some from Syria and Chaldea.

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Pythagoras was born in 570 BC in Samos, Greece.

He was born to his mother, Pythias and his father, Mnesarchus.