Studying late into the night between hectic workdays, a doctoral dropout has managed to decipher one of mathematics’ most ...

Man Teaches Math to Struggling Stranger on Subway Ride: 'They Left Each Other with a Gift' The Pythagorean Theorem states that three sides of a right-angled triangle can be expressed by the ...

The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the ...

Both had studied geometry and some trigonometry, and both told us math was not easy. What no one told them was there had been more than 300 documented proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem using ...

"I think that's a stretch," Calcea said. When the pair started working on the math contest they were familiar with the Pythagorean Theorem's equation: A² + B² = C², which explains that by ...

The Pythagorean Theorem, a cornerstone of geometry, empowers students to solve right triangle problems and unlock advanced ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem ... produce some new mathematics,” says mathematician ...

Perhaps even more surprising, this silly claim with an even sillier name, "the hairy ball theorem," is a proud discovery from a branch of math called topology. Juvenile humor aside, the theorem ...

Perhaps even more surprising, this silly claim with an even sillier name, the “hairy ball theorem,” is a proud discovery from a branch of math called topology. Juvenile humor aside ...