What began as a bonus question in a high school math contest has resulted in a staggering 10 new ways to prove the ancient mathematical rule of Pythagoras' theorem. "There are no trigonometric proofs ...
Ne'Kiya Jackson, left, and Calcea Johnson have published an academic paper detailing how they proved Pythagoras' theorem. Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson wowed their teachers in ...
In 2022, U.S. high school students Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson astonished teachers when they discovered a new way to prove Pythagoras’ theorem using trigonometry after entering a competition at ...
NCERT’s new Class 8 maths book now calls it the Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem, crediting ancient Indian scholar Baudhayana.
There’s a delightful mathematical moment in the movie Merry Andrew, when Danny Kaye, playing schoolmaster Andrew Larabee, breaks into song to teach the Pythagorean theorem. I was reminded of this ...
The Pythagorean Theorem troubled the devoted followers of the Greek philosopher, who built a worldview based on numbers. The formula comes in handy in construction, land surveying and navigation, ...
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