- and has been
attributed to the
Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus. The
system has been
called "the
first coherent system in
which celestial bodies move...
- numerology. In the
Pythagorean method (which uses a kind of place-value for number-letter attributions, as does the
ancient Hebrew and Gr****
systems), the letters...
-
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 the...
-
Pythagoreanism originated in the 6th
century BC,
based on and
around the
teachings and
beliefs held by
Pythagoras and his followers, the
Pythagoreans...
- are
Pythagorean intervals. All the
intervals between the
notes of a
scale are
Pythagorean if they are
tuned using the
Pythagorean tuning system. However...
-
represented by a
Cartesian coordinate system in
analytic geometry,
Euclidean distance satisfies the
Pythagorean relation: the
squared distance between...
- A
Pythagorean triple consists of
three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a2 + b2 = c2. Such a
triple is
commonly written (a, b, c), a well-known...
- theorist. The
primary genera they
examine are
those of
Pythagoras and the
Pythagorean school, Archytas, Aristoxenos, and
Ptolemy (including his
versions of...
- "3-limit"
because there are no
prime factors other than 2 and 3, this
Pythagorean system was of
primary importance in
Western musical development in the Medieval...
- Gr****s
agreed with the
geocentric model. The
Pythagorean system has
already been mentioned; some
Pythagoreans believed the
Earth to be one of
several planets...
