Everyone knows that A² + B² = C², but can you prove it? There are at least 88 ways to do it. Here’s my personal favorite. The Pythagorean Theorem is known by anyone who has taken basic ...

Pythagoras' theorem describes the relationship between the three sides of a right-angled triangle. It is incredibly useful for engineering and construction and was used by humans centuries before ...

The standard Pythagorean theorem is used on an everyday basis in professions like architecture, building construction, navigation, spaceflight, computer sciences, and more.

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published 10 trigonometric proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, a feat thought impossible for 2,000 years.

Some of the earliest evidence comes in the form of a clay tablet – which goes by the catchy name of IM 67118 – that uses the Pythagorean theorem to solve the length of a diagonal inside a ...

A Theorem Tested Through Time For over 2,000 years, Pythagoras’ theorem has stood as one of the cornerstones of mathematics. It states that in a right-angled triangle, the sum of the squares of ...

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.

A 3,700-year-old clay tablet has revealed that the ancient Babylonians understood the Pythagorean theorem more than 1,000 years before the birth of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, who is widely ...

High school students say they’ve found new way to prove Pythagorean theorem This type of proof for the Pythagorean theorem was thought to be impossible.