Years ago Domokos developed a mathematical tool for describing tessellations based on their average properties rather than ...

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.

Calcea Johnson via MMA In December 2022, a high school in Louisiana challenged its students with a bonus math question that ... the lengths of sides on a right triangle. No one told the teenagers ...

In contrast, Jackson and Johnson were able to prove it using trigonometry — a subbranch of mathematics that focuses on the study of triangles ... and their method reveals five more proofs ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

Their findings have been published in the journal American Mathematical Monthly, further enriching the field of mathematics and ... the sides of a right-angled triangle, where the square of ...

High school students Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson did something in 2023 that most mathematicians had thought impossible ...

They also outline a new method that could result in five additional proofs. “Some people have the impression that you have to be in academia for years and years before you can actually produce some ...

The famous theorem is summarised as a 2 +b 2 =c 2, which helps in finding the length of a right-angled triangle ... to solve the puzzle but also with a method that reveals five other proofs ...

These two teenage math stars have developed five new proofs of the ... Only their fifth proof works for all right triangles. Additionally, their method for discovering new proofs is limited to ...

The Law of Sines shows how angles can be used to calculate the height of the triangle (CD). (Jackson & Johnson, Amer. Math. Monthly, 2024) Jackson and Johnson outline this method in their new paper, ...