Pythagoras is known as the first pure mathematician. Mathematically he believed that all things in the universe are numbers. Along with this he believed that numbers gave shape and form to all matter. Pythagoras never intend to solve problems and equations or discover things; he was only interested in the concept of numbers and triangles and abstract proofs. He is probably most famous for the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. The theorem was actually first discovered by the Egyptians but Pythagoras was the first to actually prove why it was true mathematically. There are several other proofs that are credited to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. They discovered that a polygon with n sides has a sum of interior angles which equals 2n-4 and that the sum of the exterior angles equals three hundred and sixty degrees. Pythagoras is also attributed to discovering irrational numbers although many people feel this is not true because it goes against his belief that everything in the universe is made up of numbers. He felt that ten was the greatest number because it is the sum of the first four integers. Pythagoras was very interested in odd and even n

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