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This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 1, 2024 For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the ...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

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Diophantus, who likely inherited foundational ideas from Thymaridas of Paros, laid fundamental work for algebra by exploring solutions to linear equations that later influenced modern mathematics.

The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone of mathematics for millennia, provides a method for determining unknown sides in right-angled triangles using the formula a² + b² = c². Its applications extend ...

A University of Tartu student has come up with a new proof of the Pythagorean theorem using origami. While folding paper is already used — even in basic school — to demonstrate the well-known ...

Two teenagers made significant strides in Mathematics after proving the Pythagorean Theorem with trigonometry. Even better, the US youths provided nine solutions after presenting their previous one, ...

NEW ORLEANS — The two women and St. Mary’s Academy graduates who used trigonometry to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem math equation, had their findings confirmed by the math experts after ...