Mathematicians with disabilities

Pythagoras
    disability: epilepsy (source)

    Most famous is his theory for working out the length of sides on a right-angled triangle; namely:
    "the square on the hypoteneuse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides".

    Less well-known is Pythagoras' second theory, which can be used for a non-right angled triangle.
    This has many uses, including triangulation
    (which also has many uses, including use by the DTI for tracking down and raiding pirate radio stations - b******s!)



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