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  2. Pythagorean theorem - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle.It states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides.

  3. Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem - Wikipedia

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    Garfield in 1881. Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem is an original proof the Pythagorean theorem invented by James A. Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881), the 20th president of the United States. The proof appeared in print in the New-England Journal of Education (Vol. 3, No.14, April 1, 1876). [1][2] At the time of ...

  4. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins. The Pythagoreans are credited with the first proof of the Pythagorean theorem, [44] though the statement of the theorem has a long history, and with the proof of the existence of irrational numbers.

  5. Pythagoras - Wikipedia

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    The Pythagorean theorem was known and used by the Babylonians and Indians centuries before Pythagoras, [216] [214] [217] [218] but he may have been the first to introduce it to the Greeks. [219] [217] Some historians of mathematics have even suggested that he—or his students—may have constructed the first proof. [220]

  6. Project Mathematics! - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, The Theorem of Pythagoras was the first video produced by the series and reviews the Pythagorean theorem. For all right triangles, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides (a 2 + b 2 = c 2). The theorem is named after Pythagoras of ancient Greece.

  7. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Pythagorean theorem

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    The animation illustrates a geometric proof by rearrangement of the Pythagorean theorem, which states that, in any right triangle, the square on the hypotenuse (c, in the picture) is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides (a and b): c 2 = a 2 + b 2.

  8. Bride's Chair - Wikipedia

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    Bride's Chair. In geometry, a Bride's Chair is an illustration of the Pythagorean theorem. [1] The figure appears in Proposition 47 of Book I of Euclid's Elements. [2] It is also known by several other names, such as the Franciscan's cowl, peacock's tail, windmill, Pythagorean pants, Figure of the Bride, theorem of the married women, and chase ...

  9. Pythagorean means - Wikipedia

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    Pythagorean means. A geometric construction of the quadratic mean and the Pythagorean means (of two numbers a and b). Harmonic mean denoted by H, geometric by G, arithmetic by A and quadratic mean (also known as root mean square) denoted by Q. Comparison of the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means of a pair of numbers.