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Two US high school girls rewrite 2,000 years of mathematics with a new Pythagorean proof once thought untouchable

For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its equation, a² + b² = c², is taught early and used widely, yet its implications ...
Scientific American

2 High School Students Have Proved the Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means

Two high school students proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought would be impossible: by using trigonometry. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

High-schoolers come up with 'impossible' trigonometry proofs for Pythagorean theorem

Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, have achieved a remarkable feat by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, an accomplishment long considered impossible due to circular reasoning. Two ...