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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Math problems aren't usually a viral topic on social media, but every once in a while, one pops up that sparks a viral phenomenon online. Such is the case with the 6÷2(1+2) equation that has been ...

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 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 ...

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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 ...

Two teenagers found ten new proofs of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, debunking a century-old belief. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson were St. Mary’s Academy students in New Orleans and ...