Louisiana High School Seniors Say They Discovered a New Proof for 2,000-Year-Old Math Theorem Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson believe they can prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry ...

When Calcea and Ne'Kiya set out to create a new Pythagorean Theorem proof, they didn't know that for thousands of years, one using trigonometry was thought to be impossible. In 2009, mathematician ...

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their work began in a high school math contest.

Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson ...

Many mathematicians over the years have proved the theorem using algebra and geometry. For thousands of years, a proof using trigonometry was thought to be impossible. Mathematician Jason Zimba ...

Five or ten new proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. American Mathematical Monthly. Published online October 28, 2024. doi: 10.1080/00029890.2024.2370240. N.D. Jackson and C.R. Johnson.

The Pythagorean Theorem (a 2 + b 2 = c 2) is fundamental to mathematics, especially to the field of trigonometry. Some mathematicians have stated that proving the theorem using trigonometry is ...