August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...
The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the sum of ...
For generations, Indian students have learnt it simply as the Pythagoras Theorem. In a quiet but significant shift, the Class ...
You might think that once a theorem has been proved that would be the end of it. I mean, is there possibly any value in having another proof of something? A new proof certainly doesn't make a theorem ...
" Pythagorean theorem (Mikigata's Theorem)" was discovered by Pitagoras, an ancient Greek mathematician born in 570 BC, but the builder of the British ruins " Stonehenge" was more than 2000 years of ...
Use Pythagoras’ theorem to show a triangle is right-angled or to find one side of a right-angled triangle when two sides are known. Make sure you are confident at substituting into and manipulating ...
NCERT's revised Class 8 math textbook renames the Pythagoras Theorem to credit Baudhayana. The book aims to reduce rote ...