#HighSchool #students who came up with 'impossible' proof of #PythagoreanTheorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
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.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/high-school-students-who-came-up-with-impossible-proof-of-pythagorean-theorem-discover-9-more-solutions-to-the-problem

https://www.nola.com/news/education/st-marys-academy-charles-barkley-donation/article_802b8d5e-6ae4-11ef-8882-0b48ce188fbb.html

Old news with a current news twist:

"Two high school students have proved the #Pythagoreantheorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using #trigonometry.

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both at St. Mary’s Academy in #NewOrleans, announced their achievement last month at an American Mathematical Society meeting."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2-high-school-students-prove-pythagorean-theorem-heres-what-that-means/

The twist:

the #basketball legend #CharlesBarkley gave their school $1M for it

> Stigler's law of eponymy, proposed by University of Chicago statistics professor Stephen Stigler in.. 1980.. that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer... the Pythagorean theorem.. known to Babylonian mathematicians befores... Stigler attributed the discovery of Stigler's law to sociologist Robert K. Merton.. Stigler stole credit.. [as] an example of the law..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_Law
#BadAtAttribution #StiglersLaw
#PythagoreanTheorem

Teens come up with #trigonometry proof for #PythagoreanTheorem, a problem that stumped #math world for centuries
A #highschool 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.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-come-up-with-trigonometry-proof-for-pythagorean-theorem-60-minutes-transcript/

Pythagorean Theorem from long before the man himself #math #Pythagoras #PythagoreanTheorem
https://www.iflscience.com/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-clay-tablet-1000-years-older-than-pythagoras-70934

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Genius Teens Discover New Proofs for the Pythagorean Theorem

https://mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proof-pythagorean-theorem/

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #AfricanAmerican #Science #PythagoreanTheorem #BlackJoy #BlackGirlMagic #Tech #Technology #Math #Physics

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Genius Teens Discover New Proofs for the Pythagorean Theorem

https://mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proof-pythagorean-theorem/

"‘You Don’t See Kids Like Us Doing This’: Two Black Girls from New Orleans May Have Made History By Proving the Pythagorean Theorem Through Trigonometry

Two Black teens from New Orleans may have made mathematical history by proving the Pythagorean theorem by using trigonometry.

In a presentation at one of the nation’s most esteemed math societies, the girls claimed they’ve done something that no academic in the past 2,000 years has done.

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society’s Annual Southeastern Conference on Saturday, March 18."

#mathematics #trigonometry #PythagoreanTheorem #AmericanMathematicalSociety #NOLA #NOLAGirls

: https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/03/27/two-black-girls-from-new-orleans-may-have-made-history-by-proving-pythagorean-theorem-through-trigonometry/

Ever since #trigonometry was discovered, mathematicians have maintained that any alleged proof of the #PythagoreanTheorem which uses trigonometry constitutes a logical fallacy known as circular reasoning. They were wrong

US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem | #Mathematics #Maths | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/new-orleans-pythagoras-theorem-trigonometry-prove