This has intrigued mathematicians for 2,000 years.
Calcea Johnson and Ne’kiya Jackson recently presented what they believe are four more new proofs for the, the geometric theorem that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse .
The theorem is used to calculate all sorts of things from construction to GPS coordinates. While there are reportedly more than 350 proofs to show why it works, the students said they have discovered these four new proofs by using trigonometry.Southeastern Regional Conference in Atlanta got a lot of attention and a high level of interest from a group more geared toward collegiate and professional mathematicians.
“I saw a bunch of people writing down stuff and pulling up things on their computers. And they really connected with this,” Johnson said. Catherine Roberts, the executive director of the American Mathematical Society, said the organization is thrilled to have young people with such a deep interest in math research.Roberts said she has encouraged the students to submit their work for a peer review.
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