Posted on 04/21/2023 2:30:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Really?
Philosophy is the study of questions to which there are no answers. Mathematics is the study of answers to which there are no questions.
That’s pretty cool!
Color me skeptical. I “could be” convinced, but ...
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‘Color me’ skeptical is right. History is being rewritten to make certain folks feel good about themselves. I think this is just more of that.
well done!!
Reading this just makes me want to pull this guys underwear over his head.
Shouldn’t it be easy for mathematicians be able to validate the proof quickly?
The thing I loved is that there’s no mention of ethnicity. It’s just two smart girls proving something that was once thought impossible. About damn time.
From Wikipedia
“The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC. The theorem has been proven numerous times by many different methods - possibly the most for any mathematical theorem. The proofs are diverse, including both geometric proofs and algebraic proofs, with some dating back thousands of years.”
And these high school kids are the first ones to do this using Trigonometry in all the proceeding 2,593 years?
Color me skeptical.
And it has not been submitted for peer review yet?
Could be we’re celebrating a bit early.
Then again, in todays hyper charged politically correct academia community, will anyone dare tell them they’re wrong?
It’s not just validating the proof. It must be shown to be noncircular. For example, a proof that uses on the familiar trig identity sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=1 would be a circular proof.
I’ll wait until their proof is peer reviewed. I run into kids using circular logic in their arguments on an almost daily basis and that might be only how these girls “proved” this. If they didn’t, then good for them.
Shouldn’t they know by now?
>>>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.
If this holds up they will be listed alongside President Garfield as original authors of proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.
You Go Girls!!
They had to know their stuff, because it was before electronic calculators and computers. They made many of their calculations with slide rules, a huge blackboard (or whiteboard) and a ladder.
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