Teens who solved 2,000-year-old math puzzle expand on their work in publication
Students who made math history when they were in high school have now published new ways of proving the Pythagorean Theorem ...
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Teenagers Publish Trigonometric Proof Of Pythagoras’ Theorem Once Considered Impossible
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson have added four further novel proofs of the theorem that had also not been published ...
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Two High Schoolers Found an ‘Impossible’ Proof for a 2,000-Year-Old Math Rule—Then, They Discovered Nine More
Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson of Louisiana published a new study proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a ...
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High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.
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Louisiana students who solved the Pythagorean theorem discover nine more solutions to it
The student's discoveries were confirmed by the math community this week after their proofs were published in the American ...
High school students present five new ways of proving Pythagoras' Theorem via trigonometry
In 2022, U.S. high school students Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson astonished teachers when they discovered a new way to ...
2 US teens solve impossible 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem with trigonometry
Louisiana students amazed the math community by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat considered ...
High-schoolers come up with 'impossible' trigonometry proofs for Pythagorean theorem
Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, have achieved a remarkable feat by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, an ...
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Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule
Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published 10 trigonometric proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, a feat thought impossible for 2,000 years.
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High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that lays out how the sides, lengths and angles in a triangle are related, and as such, the discipline often includes expressions of the Pythagorean theorem.
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Teenagers Publish Trigonometric Proof Of Pythagoras’ Theorem Once Considered Impossible
These proofs come from several branches of mathematics, but the most comprehensive collection of them claims none come from trigonometry, which has taken the theorem as one of its starting points.
US Teens Come Up With 5 New Ways Of Proving Pythagoras Theorem Using Trigonometry
Over the years, many mathematicians have tried to prove the theorem using algebra and geometry but using trigonometry was ...