Book Review: The Cult of Pythagoras

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  • James A.D.W. Anderson

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https://doi.org/10.36285/tm.37

Abstract

We review ``"The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths" by Alberto A. Martinez, 2012. The book sets out a number of mathematical myths and dissolves them by a combination of checking historical sources and calculating results using the mathematics of the time. We pay particular attention to a chapter on division by zero. We record the earliest dates for particular solutions to the problem of division by zero and the ambition to have total mathematical systems.

References

Alberto A. Martínez. The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.

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Published

2020-12-16

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Anderson, J. A. (2020). Book Review: The Cult of Pythagoras. Transmathematica. https://doi.org/10.36285/tm.37

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2020: Transmathematica

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