Mathematician Eugenia Cheng explores the uses of math beyond the classroom. Read more columns here. I recently needed to measure the angle of my computer keyboard, because I currently have it propped ...
The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the sum of ...
Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical ...