The Hill

High school students say they’ve found new way to prove Pythagorean theorem

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Two students at a school in New Orleans have presented evidence of a mathematical discovery that scholars have been trying to prove for 2,000 years. School officials at St. Mary’s ...
CNN

Students discover and publish unexpected proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theory

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NOLA.com

Louisiana students who solved the Pythagorean theorem discover nine more solutions to it

Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical ...
IFLScience

The Pythagorean Theorem Predates Pythagoras By 1,000 Years: "The Proof Is Carved Into Clay"

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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 ...