Ancient Babylonian tablet reveals Pythagorean theorem

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Predates Pythagoras by a millennium!

Ancient Babylonian tablet reveals Pythagorean theorem

The Greek mathematician Pythagoras may not have discovered the Pythagorean theorem but popularized it.

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That is amazing information. Just when we think we know everything...

 

[Ole Man Dan]

Predates Pythagoras by a millennium!

Ancient Babylonian tablet reveals Pythagorean theorem

The Greek mathematician Pythagoras may not have discovered the Pythagorean theorem but popularized it.

interestingengineering.com

[Wow, I thought I was done with that many moons ago.

 

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Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs | US news | The Guardian

As high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson worked to find valid new proof for the 2,000-year-old theorem

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Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs | US news | The Guardian

As high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson worked to find valid new proof for the 2,000-year-old theorem

amp.theguardian.com

This is a very interesting statement from one of them:

...the two graduates of St Mary’s Academy in New Orleans denied seeing themselves as math geniuses and dismissed any interest in pursuing careers in mathematics.
“People might expect too much out of me if I become a mathematician,” Jackson said, shaking her head. Johnson, for her part, added: “I may take up a minor in math, but I don’t want that to be my job job.”