Class 9th Maths NCERT Ch-8 Solution Exercise - 8.1 ______________________________________________ Exercise- 8.2 Pythagoras Born Approximately 569 BC, Samos Greece Died Approximately 500 - 475 BC, Metapontum Italy P ythagoras is often referred to as the first pure mathematician. He was born on the island of Samos, Greece in 569 BC. Various writings place his death between 500 BC and 475 BC in Metapontum, Lucania, Italy. His father, Mnesarchus, was a gem merchant. His mother's name was Pythais. Pythagoras had two or three brothers. Some historians say that Pythagoras was married to a woman named Theano and had a daughter Damo, and a son named Telauges, who succeeded Pythagoras as a teacher and possibly taught Empedocles. Others say that Theano was one of his students...