The secret beauty in apples, stars and the center of you. In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat. Trying to fit it all in? There’s a trick to it, even in 24 ...

The Futurama Theorem serves as a playful introduction to this field, illustrating how abstract mathematical ideas can have surprisingly practical applications — at least if you’re swapping minds.

The Pythagorean Theorem, a cornerstone of geometry, empowers students to solve right triangle problems and unlock advanced ...

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.

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson surprised the math world when, as seniors in high school, they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle.

Pythagoras’ theorem — a 2 + b 2 = c 2, relating the length of a right triangle’s hypotenuse to those of its other two sides — has been proven many times with algebra and geometry (SN: 4/2/03).

Learn about Pythagoras' theorem with this BBC Bitesize Maths article. ... Here, 𝒂 is 2.1 cm, 𝒃 is 2 cm and 𝒄 is 2.9 cm. Image caption, From substituting in the lengths, ...

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Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their work began in a high school math contest.

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 ...