Teen mathematicians Ne’Kiya Jackson (left) and Calcea Johnson (right) who have done what mathematics texts said was impossible, finding a non-circular trigonometric proof of Pythagoras Theorem.

For over 2,000 years, Pythagoras’ theorem has stood as one of the cornerstones of mathematics. It states that in a right-angled triangle, the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides equals ...

US Teens Discover New Proof For The Pythagoras' Theorem, Stun Mathematicians The students said they can prove the theorem by using trigonometry and without circular reasoning. Edited by: Ritu Singh ...

The two recent high school graduates are riding high after working together to figure out a new way of proving the Pythagorean Theorem, a 2,000-year-old math concept that hasn’t been expounded ...

While Johnson and Jackson were both familiar with the Pythagorean Theorem’s a² + b² = c² concept, the idea of coming up with a proof using only trigonometry was considered nearly impossible.

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, who are students of St Mary’s Academy, have flipped this assumption on its head, revealing their discovery of a new proof for the theorem in exciting new ...

Previous proofs have almost entirely avoided using trigonometry, as one of the discipline’s fundamental equations is itself largely built around Pythagoras’ theorem – meaning they would be ...

That's the Pythagorean theorem, which shows that in a right triangle, where the shorter legs are a and b, the sum of their squares is equal to the square of the longest leg, the hypotenuse, c.

When it comes to the Pythagorean Theorem, however, you might think we'd be satisfied. Indeed, the Wikipedia page lists at least a half-dozen proofs, so it's not clear that we need another.

The two students countered Loomis’ claim, writing, “We present a new proof of Pythagoras’s Theorem which is based on a fundamental result in trigonometry – the Law of Sines – and we show ...