It’s not clear whether he or his disciples came up with his eponymous theorem. But the principle is a mainstay of math class and enables the calculation of the length of any side of a right-angled ...

In this triangle \(a^2 = b^2 + c^2\) and angle \(A\) is a right angle. Pythagoras' theorem only works for right-angled triangles, so you can use it to test whether a triangle has a right angle or not.

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 1, 2024 For centuries, students have learned that in a right ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Edith Hall and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. Pythagoras is famous in maths ...

The standard Pythagorean theorem is used on an everyday basis in professions like architecture, building construction, navigation, spaceflight, computer sciences, and more. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya ...

We investigate here the representability of integers as sums of triangular numbers, where the n-th triangular number is given by Tn = n(n+1)/2. In particular, we show ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Morley Trisector Theorem states that for an arbitrary triangle, the Morley triangle is equilateral, where the Morley triangle is a ...