Teens come up with trigonometry proof for Pythagorean Theorem, a problem that stumped math world for centuries
Teens come up with trigonometry proof for Pythagorean Theorem, a problem that stumped math world for centuries
A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.
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How is a trig proof different than algebra or geometry proof? I'm good with numbers, but I sucked at proofs.
Trig requires some assumptions and special tools, like SOHCAHTOA and what not that don't really exist in standard algebra.
Oscar has a heap of apples.
It’s a mathematical proof, but it’s using trig inside the proof.
If you ever want a fun rabbit hole of mathematicians losing their minds, they had a massive existential crisis about calculus with “What if all of calculus is wrong!?!”, and the subsequent proof developed is one of those things that took years and likely involved a lot of amphetamines.