December 2024 archive

Two HS Students find the First Trigonometric Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

This is a wonderful story. Ne’Kiya Jackson & Calcea Johnson, two high school students, have found new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem and published them in The American Mathematical Monthly (Volume 131, Issue 9, November 2024). The article is titled, “Five or Ten New Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.” This is the first time that …

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