[Ezekiel]

The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC.

>>>And these high school kids are the first ones to do this using Trigonometry in all the proceeding 2,593 years? Color me skeptical.<<<

Everyone in the loop knows the trig squ... gal, who is named SOHCAHTOA.

(She used to be on the butter boxes until she got cancelled. Circle of life I suppose.)

SOH means Slight Of Hand and Sense Of Humor, but in math it's a sin when people want to know Y.

Glad I could help.

[Red Badger]

Their work joins a handful of other trigonometric proofs that were added to the mathematical archives over the years. Each sidestepped “circular logic” to prove the pivotal theorem.