THEANO OF CROTONE

tHEANO of crotone

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Theano,born in the sixth century BC in Crotona,was the wife of Pythagoras.He made great contributions to mathematics and philosphy.Well,she was one of the greatest mathematicians.Given his abilities, he was a member of the Pythagorean school.

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Biography

She was the daughter of Milo, one of the patrons of Phythagoras,teano made several contributions to mathematics, such as.The treatises on polyhedrons and the golden ratio. His investigations were among the most prestigious among the ancient religious, as they turned out to be among the most interesting. Teano also made contributions to medicine and physics wich added more prestige to his name. One of the texts wich is attributed to Teano, is the ON PIETY wich deals with moral or practical problems.This small extract is preserved from this text

I have heard that the Greeks thought that Phytagoras had said that everything had been generated by the Number.But this statement disturbs us, how can we imagine things taht do not exist and that all things were born of the Number,number,but taht everything was formed according to the number,since the essential order resides in the number, and the same things can be named first, second, and so on, only when they participate in this order.

Theano´s mathematical thought was that everything material could be measured with natural numbers, wich made her think taht it could be expressed with an exact measurement. Currently, Teano awakens the feminist movements in favor of the working women of antiquity who werw silenced by men and approriated their contributions. The Pythagorean school, to wich Teano belonged, appreciated male intelligence, since a beautiful woman was considered to be more cultyred and intellectual, so it was only available to although at that time, it was only available to the economically privileged. The Pythagorean the economically privileged. The Pythagorean school had the mentality that all matter comes from number, and this was the source of these.

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The Pythagoras school, to wich Teano belonged, appreciated male intelligence,since a beautiful woman was considered to be more cultured and intellectual, so it was important to study, although at that time, it was only available to the economically privileged.The Pythagorean school had the mentality that all matter comes from number, ande this was the source of these mathematicians saying,EVERETHING IS NUMBER.Although she was a very hardworking woman, not all her titles belong to her,since, as was common in the ancient world, many works by other mathematicians were signed in her name

After Phytagoras died´, Theano and his daughters expanded the knowledge of the late mathematician and investigated other different sciences such as medicine, philosophy,physics...It is believed that if Teano and his daughters had not expanded these contributions, perhaps the name of Pythagoras It wouldn´t be as recognizable.

Mathematical contributions

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treatise ON PIETY treastie on rectangular polyhedrons treaty of the golden ratio

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