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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. Spiral of Theodorus - Wikipedia

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    The spiral is started with an isosceles right triangle, with each leg having unit length.Another right triangle (which is the only automedian right triangle) is formed, with one leg being the hypotenuse of the prior right triangle (with length the square root of 2) and the other leg having length of 1; the length of the hypotenuse of this second right triangle is the square root of 3.

  4. Pythagoras in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    At Dulcarnon (literally two-horned) is a reference to the supposed difficulty of the theorem by the 14-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde. The premise that Pythagoras had left some writings, the manuscripts which have been lost, forms the premise of Pythagoras' Revenge: A Mathematical Mystery by Arturo Sangalli ; it ...

  5. Euclidean geometry - Wikipedia

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    Thales' theorem, named after Thales of Miletus states that if A, B, and C are points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter of the circle, then the angle ABC is a right angle. Cantor supposed that Thales proved his theorem by means of Euclid Book I, Prop. 32 after the manner of Euclid Book III, Prop. 31. [15] [16]

  6. List of theorems - Wikipedia

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    Anderson's theorem (real analysis) Andreotti–Frankel theorem (algebraic geometry) Angle bisector theorem (Euclidean geometry) Ankeny–Artin–Chowla theorem (number theory) Anne's theorem ; Apéry's theorem (number theory) Apollonius's theorem (plane geometry) Appell–Humbert theorem (complex manifold) Arakelyan's theorem (complex analysis)

  7. Pythagorean triple - Wikipedia

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    Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), a well-known example is (3, 4, 5). If (a, b, c) is a Pythagorean triple, then so is (ka, kb, kc) for any positive integer k. A triangle whose side lengths are a Pythagorean triple is a right triangle and called a Pythagorean triangle.

  8. Mathematical beauty - Wikipedia

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    Another example is the fundamental theorem of calculus [8] (and its vector versions including Green's theorem and Stokes' theorem). The opposite of deep is trivial . A trivial theorem may be a result that can be derived in an obvious and straightforward way from other known results, or which applies only to a specific set of particular objects ...

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

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    Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem is an original proof the Pythagorean theorem discovered 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).