the Pythagorean theorem. Keith McNulty, an expert in applied mathematics, said: 'It's a wonderful demonstration that excellence in a field of research is achievable by anyone with joy and passion, ...

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 ...

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If verified, Johnson and Jackson’s proof ... Pythagorean theorem, and why was Loomis so closed off to the idea? Meanwhile trigonometry focuses on functions that depend on angles. These functions, such ...

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On November 26, 1949, Albert Einstein published an essay in the Saturday Review of Literature in which he described two pivotal moments in his childhood. The first involved a compass that his father ...

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Two Louisiana high school students, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, have achieved a remarkable feat by proving the ...

https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.08.751 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.08.751 Copy URL Abstract Novel proofs of the ...