A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.
A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.
Yep. History is written by the victors. And Western textbooks are full of Greek names. But when it comes to Eastern contributions…? Eh, let’s just call it the “Chinese Remainder Theorem”. They don’t get names.
It paints a real strange picture.
In France most curricula go one step further and call it “the Chinese theorem”. Talk about internalised racism.
Internalized? I dont think you are using that correctly.
Institutionalized maybe?