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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HighSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighSchool</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> who came up with 'impossible' proof of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> discover 9 more solutions to the problem<br>In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a>, including a proof they discovered in high school. <br><a href="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" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/physics-mathem</span><span class="invisible">atics/mathematics/high-school-students-who-came-up-with-impossible-proof-of-pythagorean-theorem-discover-9-more-solutions-to-the-problem</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://www.nola.com/news/education/st-marys-academy-charles-barkley-donation/article_802b8d5e-6ae4-11ef-8882-0b48ce188fbb.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nola.com/news/education/st-mar</span><span class="invisible">ys-academy-charles-barkley-donation/article_802b8d5e-6ae4-11ef-8882-0b48ce188fbb.html</span></a></p><p>Old news with a current news twist:</p><p>"Two high school students have proved the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pythagoreantheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pythagoreantheorem</span></a> in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a>.</p><p>Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both at St. Mary’s Academy in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a>, announced their achievement last month at an American Mathematical Society meeting."</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2-high-school-students-prove-pythagorean-theorem-heres-what-that-means/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/2-high-school-students-prove-pythagorean-theorem-heres-what-that-means/</span></a></p><p>The twist:</p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basketball</span></a> legend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlesBarkley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesBarkley</span></a> gave their school $1M for it</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; 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..<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_Law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%</span><span class="invisible">27s_Law</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/BadAtAttribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadAtAttribution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/StiglersLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StiglersLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Teens come up with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a> proof for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a>, a problem that stumped <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> world for centuries<br>A <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/highschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highschool</span></a> 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. <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-come-up-with-trigonometry-proof-for-pythagorean-theorem-60-minutes-transcript/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/teens-come-up</span><span class="invisible">-with-trigonometry-proof-for-pythagorean-theorem-60-minutes-transcript/</span></a></p>
Ben Gleason<p>Pythagorean Theorem from long before the man himself <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pythagoras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pythagoras</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-clay-tablet-1000-years-older-than-pythagoras-70934" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iflscience.com/pythagorean-the</span><span class="invisible">orem-found-on-clay-tablet-1000-years-older-than-pythagoras-70934</span></a></p>
B. A. Balackus<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bookwormlit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bookwormlit</span></a></span> 🔗 <a href="https://sfba.social/users/Bookwormlit/statuses/110148567909997441" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfba.social/users/Bookwormlit/</span><span class="invisible">statuses/110148567909997441</span></a><br>-<br>Genius Teens Discover New Proofs for the Pythagorean Theorem</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proof-pythagorean-theorem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proo</span><span class="invisible">f-pythagorean-theorem/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTwitter</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackJoy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackGirlMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackGirlMagic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chirp.social/@BlackMastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlackMastodon@chirp.social</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span></p>
Bookwormlit<p>Genius Teens Discover New Proofs for the Pythagorean Theorem</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proof-pythagorean-theorem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/teens-new-proo</span><span class="invisible">f-pythagorean-theorem/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTwitter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackJoy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackGirlMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackGirlMagic</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a></p>
Natalie Davis 🇺🇸🇵🇹🇺🇦<p>"‘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</p><p>Two Black teens from New Orleans may have made mathematical history by proving the Pythagorean theorem by using trigonometry.</p><p>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.</p><p>Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society’s Annual Southeastern Conference on Saturday, March 18."</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AmericanMathematicalSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanMathematicalSociety</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NOLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOLA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NOLAGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOLAGirls</span></a></p><p>🔗: <a href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/03/27/two-black-girls-from-new-orleans-may-have-made-history-by-proving-pythagorean-theorem-through-trigonometry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">atlantablackstar.com/2023/03/2</span><span class="invisible">7/two-black-girls-from-new-orleans-may-have-made-history-by-proving-pythagorean-theorem-through-trigonometry/</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Ever since <a href="https://noc.social/tags/trigonometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trigonometry</span></a> was discovered, mathematicians have maintained that any alleged proof of the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PythagoreanTheorem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythagoreanTheorem</span></a> which uses trigonometry constitutes a logical fallacy known as circular reasoning. They were wrong 😁</p><p>US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maths</span></a> | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/new-orleans-pythagoras-theorem-trigonometry-prove" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/24/new-orleans-pythagoras-theorem-trigonometry-prove</span></a></p>
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