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 ...

Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical ...

The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the sum of ...

STEP 1 - RIGHT TRIANGLE x 4: Take one piece of card and fold it in half, then fold it in half again... Image caption, ... use the ruler and pencil to draw a straight line across the bottom corner of ...

The most important theorem we learnt in childhood carries the name of a Greek philosopher, but not necessarily the legacy. Evidence increasingly shows that the theorem existed long before his lifetime ...