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| Keywords: Chineese Pythagorean theorem 2.PNG PD-old Source Chinese Pythagorean theorem from page 22 of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China Volume 3 Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth published in 1986 by Cave Books Ltd based in Taipei with permission from Cambridge University Press isbn 0521058015 <br>Visual proof for the 3 4 5 triangle as in the Chou Pei Suan Ching 500 200 BC <br>Left sentence 勾股幂合以成弦幂 gōu gǔ mì hé yǐ chéng xián mì <br>Translation The sum of the squares of lengths of altitude and base is the hypotenuse's length squared Chinese_pythagoras jpg 2010-05-24 20 36 UTC Chinese_pythagoras jpg http //en wikipedia org/wiki/User Avsa derivative work Brews ohare <span class signature-talk >talk</span> File Chinese_pythagoras jpg Tinted for emphasis brews_ohare Chinese_pythagoras jpg PD-old original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File Chinese_pythagoras jpg licensed with PD-old 2005-04-11T03 20 50Z Avsa 871x475 71149 Bytes <nowiki> PD Chinese pythagorean theorem Need to identify source year </nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX Pythagorean theorem Proof without words | ||||
