Pythagoras and Number Mysticism
Mathematics before Christ
Math started before Christ was born. Most of the time people use it, but they didn’t notice it. If you count how many sheep you have, that’s math. So when people use math, they didn’t know they were using it. The Romans used Roman Numerals and noticed math. So they know how to use it. That is where numbers got their name. In Babylon and Egypt, the people first started using theoretical tools and numbering systems. The Egyptians used a decadic numbering system, which is based on the number 10 and still in use today. They also introduced characters used to describe the numbers 10 and 100, making it easier to describe larger numbers. Geometry started to receive great attention and served in surveying land, cities and streets. The Babylonians discovered the Pythagorean theorem. They understood it before Pythagoras was even born. The Babylonians also found out the approximate value of r^2. In India, Aryabhata calculated the number p to its fourth decimal point, managed to correctly forecast eclipses and, when solving astronomical problems, used sinusoidal functions. As I woke up , I noticed that it’s unusually noisy outside our house. I clean myself up and ask my mom what was happening. Mom told me, ”Oh, they are making another pyramid. The pharaoh was found dead last night.” I thought to myself, that’s why its unusually noisy outside. Anyway, pyramids are made to honor the pharaoh. They are arguing and computing the measurement of the height of the pyramid. I watch the architects doing their work. Suddenly, it was my time doing my daily chores. I count the lambs and guided them to their cage. We are lucky that we are only waiting to be taught about mathematics. Sometimes, we are even complaining how hard it is. Before, they are working hard to discover different mathematical systems. They don’t even have calculators yet some of their systems are advance. The early Egyptians settled along the fertile Nile valley and they began to
Math started before Christ was born. Most of the time people use it, but they didn’t notice it. If you count how many sheep you have, that’s math. So when people use math, they didn’t know they were using it. The Romans used Roman Numerals and noticed math. So they know how to use it. That is where numbers got their name. In Babylon and Egypt, the people first started using theoretical tools and numbering systems. The Egyptians used a decadic numbering system, which is based on the number 10 and still in use today. They also introduced characters used to describe the numbers 10 and 100, making it easier to describe larger numbers. Geometry started to receive great attention and served in surveying land, cities and streets. The Babylonians discovered the Pythagorean theorem. They understood it before Pythagoras was even born. The Babylonians also found out the approximate value of r^2. In India, Aryabhata calculated the number p to its fourth decimal point, managed to correctly forecast eclipses and, when solving astronomical problems, used sinusoidal functions. As I woke up , I noticed that it’s unusually noisy outside our house. I clean myself up and ask my mom what was happening. Mom told me, ”Oh, they are making another pyramid. The pharaoh was found dead last night.” I thought to myself, that’s why its unusually noisy outside. Anyway, pyramids are made to honor the pharaoh. They are arguing and computing the measurement of the height of the pyramid. I watch the architects doing their work. Suddenly, it was my time doing my daily chores. I count the lambs and guided them to their cage. We are lucky that we are only waiting to be taught about mathematics. Sometimes, we are even complaining how hard it is. Before, they are working hard to discover different mathematical systems. They don’t even have calculators yet some of their systems are advance. The early Egyptians settled along the fertile Nile valley and they began to