Popular Mechanics

Two Teens Used Trigonometry to Prove the Pythagorean Theorem After So Many Experts Couldn't

In 2022, two high school students created a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—something that’s only ever been accomplished by a few professional mathematicians. Now, a new article not ...
Scientific American

2 High School Students Have Proved the Pythagorean Theorem. Here’s What That Means

Each sidestepped “circular logic” to prove the pivotal theorem. So what exactly is a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem, and why was Loomis so closed off to the idea? Meanwhile ...
Science Daily

Teens who made history with Pythagoras' theorem discovery publish their first academic paper with new proofs

In their peer-reviewed work, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson present five new ways of proving Pythagoras' Theorem via trigonometry. They also detail a new method for finding proofs that yield at ...
The Hill

High school students say they’ve found new way to prove Pythagorean theorem

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Two students at a school in New Orleans have presented evidence of a mathematical discovery that scholars have been trying to prove for 2,000 years. School officials at St. Mary’s ...