pythagorean theorem

You probably were not paying much attention in that 10th grade geometry class when we learned all those math formulas. But one formula was drilled into our heads and is hard to forget — the Pythagorean theorem, or A2 + B2 = C2. Bill James used the...

Let’s face it: You probably need to brush up on your math skills. And, no, we don’t mean the Pythagorean theorem or calculating the volume of a sphere or even questionable math. We mean the day-to-day math that could make your life a whole lot...

At an American Mathematical Society meeting, high school students presented a proof of the Pythagorean theorem that used trigonometry—an approach that some once considered impossible