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  • Thumbnail for Pythagoreanism
    Pythagoreanism originated in the 6th century BC, based on and around the teachings and beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans...
    76 KB (9,712 words) - 19:26, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pythagorean theorem
    In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle...
    92 KB (12,566 words) - 21:51, 4 May 2024
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    A Pythagorean cup (also known as a Pythagoras cup, Greedy Cup, Cup of Justice or Tantalus cup) is a practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup...
    7 KB (830 words) - 13:58, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pythagorean tuning
    Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. This ratio, also known as...
    27 KB (2,722 words) - 01:50, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem
    Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem is an original proof the Pythagorean theorem invented by James A. Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19...
    4 KB (684 words) - 00:47, 8 March 2024
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    Semitone (redirect from Pythagorean limma)
    in a Pythagorean tuning. The Pythagorean limma and Pythagorean apotome are enharmonic equivalents (chromatic semitones) and only a Pythagorean comma...
    36 KB (4,098 words) - 14:22, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Major sixth
    Another major sixth is the Pythagorean major sixth with a ratio of 27:16, approximately 906 cents, called "Pythagorean" because it can be constructed...
    7 KB (912 words) - 21:05, 14 August 2023
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    (or Pythagorean minor third) is the interval 32:27 (approximately 294.13 cents). It is the minor third in Pythagorean tuning. The 32:27 Pythagorean minor...
    8 KB (976 words) - 12:39, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pythagorean hammers
    perhaps leads to, the Pythagorean conception of mathematics as nature's modus operandi. As Aristotle was later to write, "the Pythagoreans construct the whole...
    53 KB (6,691 words) - 20:41, 10 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pythagorean astronomical system
    was developed in the fifth century BC and has been attributed to the Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus. The system has been called "the first coherent...
    18 KB (2,280 words) - 00:49, 4 January 2024
  • Pythagorean Method of Memorization (PYMOM), also known as Triangular Movement Cycle (TMC), is a game-based, educational methodology or associative-learning...
    8 KB (1,024 words) - 14:20, 26 July 2022
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    Philolaus (category Pythagoreans of Magna Graecia)
    Ancient Greek: Φιλόλαος, Philólaos; c. 470 – c. 385 BC) was a Greek Pythagorean and pre-Socratic philosopher. He was born in a Greek colony in Italy...
    17 KB (2,197 words) - 13:52, 11 March 2024
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    Tetractys (category Pythagorean symbols)
    As a mystical symbol, it was very important to the secret worship of Pythagoreanism. There were four seasons, and the number was also associated with planetary...
    10 KB (1,040 words) - 03:33, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Just intonation
    does not tell us everything there is to know about a particular scale. Pythagorean tuning, or 3 limit tuning, allows ratios including the numbers 2 and...
    50 KB (5,543 words) - 11:39, 28 April 2024
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    intonation there is both a 16:9 "small just minor seventh", also called the "Pythagorean small minor seventh",(Play) equivalent to two perfect fourths stacked...
    4 KB (467 words) - 07:37, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Special right triangle
    know the Pythagorean theorem, but that "there is no evidence that they used it to construct right angles". The following are all the Pythagorean triple...
    20 KB (1,681 words) - 19:37, 20 April 2024
  • to a large number of metaphorical constructions. For example, the Pythagorean position that all is number, and the associated crisis of confidence that...
    23 KB (2,959 words) - 06:04, 14 October 2023
  • is often corrected to 4:3 on the natural horn in just intonation or Pythagorean tunings, but the pure eleventh harmonic was used in pieces including...
    44 KB (5,228 words) - 01:24, 11 May 2024
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    41-ET, 53-ET, and 72-ET. Conversely, in twelve-tone equal temperament, Pythagorean tuning, and meantone temperament (including 19-ET and 31-ET) all major...
    12 KB (1,324 words) - 02:28, 16 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Law of cosines
    \beta .\end{aligned}}} The law of cosines generalizes the Pythagorean theorem, which holds only for right triangles: if γ {\displaystyle \gamma...
    36 KB (5,652 words) - 00:20, 14 May 2024
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