spiral of Theodorus

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs square root spiral
gptkbp:builtBy drawing contiguous right triangles
gptkbp:date 5th century BCE
gptkbp:eachTriangleLegs one unit and previous hypotenuse
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Theodorus_of_Cyrene
gptkbp:firstTriangleHypotenuse square root of 2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label spiral of Theodorus
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Theodorus_of_Cyrene
gptkbp:notableFor does not overlap itself
gptkbp:property each triangle is right-angled
hypotenuse lengths are square roots of natural numbers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pythagorean_theorem
irrational numbers
gptkbp:type discrete spiral
gptkbp:usedIn mathematics education
visual proofs
gptkbp:visualizationOf square roots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sacks_spiral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6