For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Known as the Pythagorean Theorem, this ...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her ...

The Pythagorean theorem has baffled academics for 2,000 years but two high school students have reportedly solved the impossible.

Louisiana students amazed the math community by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat considered impossible for 2,000 years.

The standard Pythagorean theorem is used on an everyday basis in professions like architecture, building construction, navigation, spaceflight, computer sciences, and more. Calcea Johnson and Ne ...

Ironically, they were correct; I never had an opportunity to use the Pythagorean theorem or the Quadratic formula beyond the four walls of my math class.

Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American ...

Pythagorean theorem tells us that a² + b² = c². What it can’t tell us is why the Giants’ offensive line sucks — no matter how many sides to the triangle there are. So, thank you Don La Greca.

Stonehenge isn’t the only henge to embrace the Pythagorean theorem. Woodhenge, which is about two miles northeast of its more famous counterpart, was constructed with a perfect 2:35:37 triangle.