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Teenagers Publish Trigonometric Proof Of Pythagoras’ Theorem Once Considered Impossible
IFL Science ^ | October 28, 2024 | Stephen Luntz

Posted on 10/28/2024 1:19:57 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: gw-ington

well done.


41 posted on 10/28/2024 5:35:45 PM PDT by Williams (Let's Focus On Electing President Trump)
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To: Red Badger

As someone with dyscalculia, I can feel my head and neck tense up just reading part of the article.


42 posted on 10/28/2024 5:44:17 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: rlmorel
Agree.  It's a wonderful thing these parochial schools are doing.

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On the issue of the achievement itself, I googled the question "Is trig based on the Pythagorean Theorem?" and now I'm thinking that the Pythagorean theorem is probably integral to trig.

In the real world, there's not such thing as a perfect triangle or perfectly straight line anyway.  So all of geometry is a construct of the human mind.  And yet, how extremely useful it is as a fundamental of science, engineering, etc!

So let the metaphysicians have fun arguing about this further.  LOL!

43 posted on 10/28/2024 5:45:42 PM PDT by poconopundit
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To: nesnah

Pi are not round, Pi r square.


Old dad joke —— “No, cornbread are square; pi are round”!


44 posted on 10/28/2024 5:49:05 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Red Badger
Nice job! Thanks Red Badger.

45 posted on 10/28/2024 6:36:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: poconopundit

And using Trig, give ‘em a standing O!


46 posted on 10/28/2024 6:41:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: poconopundit

The message I got is that this St. Mary’s school in New Orleans
is producing terrific results. And a Catholic school to boot!


Great video.

I was shocked at how secular 60 minutes strongly emphasized the Catholic angle.

Centering on the religious bgrnd that made the girls’ stunning math accomplishment possible.


47 posted on 10/29/2024 6:27:13 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Williams
Thanks.

I put a /s at the end of my post to indicate my post was sarcastic but they deleted & removed my post anyway. I guess I went too far with my fake "hostility." My bad. Sorry.

48 posted on 10/29/2024 10:59:21 AM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: kommieLa, tampon, tim, potato46, barry, soetoro, soros, stolen, election.)
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To: gw-ington

Interesting but thank you I read it before was deleted anyway.


49 posted on 10/29/2024 11:43:12 AM PDT by Williams (Let's Focus On Electing President Trump)
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