One of the early outstanding mathematicians mentioned in the Eur demian S enveloped by his followers in such a ummary oras, who became degree of mythical baze that very little is known about him with any certainty. It seems that he waa born about 572 B.c. on the Aegean of Samos. Being about fifty yeara younger than Thales and living so near to Thales' home city of Miletus, it may be that Pythagoras studied under the older man. He then appears to have sojourned in Egypt and may even have indulged in more the extensive travel. Returning home he found Samos under and tyranny of Poly and Ionia under the dominion of the Persians accordingay he migrated to the Greek sesport of Crotona, located in southern Italy. There he founded the famous Pythagorean school, which in addition to being an academy study of philosophy, mathematics, for the