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High school students say they\u2019ve found new way to prove Pythagorean theorem<\/a>
\nThis type of proof for the Pythagorean theorem was thought to be impossible.<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

School officials at St. Mary\u2019s Academy say Calcea Johnson and Ne\u2019Kiya Jackson, both 17, attended the American Mathematical Society\u2019s Annual Southeastern Conference where they said they had found a way to prove the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry and without using circular logic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the 2,000 years since trigonometry was discovered it\u2019s always been assumed that any alleged proof of Pythagoras\u2019s Theorem based on trigonometry must be circular,\u201d the teenage authors wrote in the abstract of their presentation at the conference. \u201cIn fact, in the book containing the largest known collection of proofs (The Pythagorean Proposition by Elisha Loomis<\/a>) the author flatly states that \u2018There are no trigonometric proofs, because all the fundamental formulae of trigonometry are themselves based upon the truth of the Pythagorean Theorem.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that isn\u2019t quite true: in our lecture we present a new proof of Pythagoras\u2019s Theorem which is based on a fundamental result in trigonometry \u2014 the Law of Sines \u2014 and we show that the proof is independent of the Pythagorean trig identity \\sin^2x + \\cos^2x = 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

Used to calculate the side lengths of a right triangle, this type of proof for the Pythagorean theorem was thought to be impossible. The standard Pythagorean theorem is used on an everyday basis in professions like architecture, building construction, navigation, spaceflight, computer sciences, and more.<\/p>\n

Johnson and Jackson first became interested in Pythagoras\u2019 theorem when they entered a math contest created to spark students\u2019 further interests in the field, according to St. Mary\u2019s. The study led them to believe the theory\u2019s original proof was inaccurate.<\/p>\n

The students made their groundbreaking lecture to mathematical scholars on March 18 in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n

The two students, both 17, presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society\u2019s Annual Southeastern Conference on March 18. (St. Mary\u2019s Academy New Orleans)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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