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. When you ...

In 2022, two high school students created a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—something that’s only ever been accomplished by a few professional mathematicians. Now, a new article not ...

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Akshat was working through a standard geometry exercise, the chapter that introduces the right-angled triangle and the formula a 2 + b 2 = c 2. He paused for a moment, not because the problem was ...