For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

A University of Tartu student has come up with a new proof of the Pythagorean theorem using origami. While folding paper is already used — even in basic school — to demonstrate the well-known ...