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defined whole numbers as the collection of 1s.

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Archimedes
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Egyptians
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Sumerians
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Pythagoras
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Solution

The correct option is D Pythagoras
Pythagoras was of the view that everything was made of numbers. He defined whole numbers as a collection of 1s. It was believed that 1 was an essential material of which the universe was made of.

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