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Greek philosopher and mystic who, with his followers, seems to have been the first to take mathematics seriously as a
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Pythagoras (500 bc )
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics
Fourth edition
Published in print January 2009 | ISBN: 9780199235940
Published online January 2009 | e-ISBN: 9780191727122
Published online January 2009 | e-ISBN: 9780191727122
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Pythagoras (c. 580—500 bc) Greek philosopher