In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.

Hundreds of years before a Greek scholar outlined his proof of the Pythagorean theorem, ancient Chinese scholars proved it using just 17 characters, a renowned Chinese mathematician highlighted in ...

Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson ...

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their work began in a high school math contest.

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 ...

Two New Orleans high school students have proven the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry without relying on circular reasoning. That should be impossible.

Pythagoras is credited for creating the famous Pythagorean theorem, but ancient clay tablets suggest the math concept was formed more than 1,000 years before the ancient Greek's birth.

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.

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both 17, found a way to prove the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry and without using circular logic.

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