Chaos and Polygons

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 10 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 71-78 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract FORM AND PATTERN have helped man to discover order in the chaos of the universe. The Pythagoreans saw order in the logic of numbers. These men were members of a secret society founded in the middle of the sixth century B.C. by the Greek philosopher Pythagoras. The society was perpetuated for more than one thousand years. In elevating number above all else, the Pythagoreans searched for patterns, such as those formed by pebbles in the sand. They formed triangles with pebbles for the “triangular” numbers, rectangles for “rectangular” numbers, and squares for “square” numbers.

Keywords: Prime Number; Regular Polygon; Greek Philosopher; Fermat Number; Sixth Century (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_10

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