Two Louisiana high school students, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, have achieved a remarkable feat by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, an accomplishment long considered ...

The students started researching as part of a school-wide math contest with a challenging bonus question, which asked students to create a new proof for the Pythagorean Theorem, a fundamental ...

NEW ORLEANS — The two women and St. Mary’s Academy graduates who used trigonometry to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem math equation, had their findings confirmed by the math ...

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High school students finally prove 2,000 year-old Pythagorean Theorem Mathematician solves two long-standing problems ...

According to Live Science, Jackson and Johnson are only the third and fourth people to have proved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry and without resorting to circular reasoning.

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson of Louisiana published a new study proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat mathematicians long thought could not be done Alexa Robles-Gil ...

The young women from Louisiana have found nine more solutions to the Pythagorean theorem after discovering proof to the ...

This concept—known as the Infinite Monkey Theorem—suggests that, given infinite time and random chance, any sequence of text, including something as complex as Shakespeare's back catalog ...

Known as the "infinite monkey theorem", the thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness. However, a new peer-reviewed study led by Sydney-based ...