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Hotair.com ^ | 7-18-25 | David Strom

[TexasGator]

“For example, I asked ChatGPT to make a C# program to prove the Pythagorean Theorem.”

What a stupid request!

[Tell It Right]

What a stupid request!

Why do you say that? IMHO it was a decent test of the limits of what ChatGPT can and can't do. It's also an illustration that what we call "AI" may be a useful tool, just don't make too much of the "intelligence" portion as though we've created sci-fi style artificial intelligence.

[TexasGator]

It’s not inherently stupid to write a C++ program to prove the Pythagorean theorem, but it’s likely a misguided or inefficient approach because the theorem is a mathematical concept proven abstractly, not through computation. A program could demonstrate the theorem with specific values, but it wouldn’t constitute a general mathematical proof.

[TexasGator]

Writing a C# program to “prove” the Pythagorean theorem is misguided because mathematical proofs rely on logical deduction from axioms, not empirical computation. A program can demonstrate or calculate examples that satisfy the theorem (e.g., 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2), but it cannot provide a general, formal proof that holds for all real numbers and geometric configurations.

[Tell It Right]

Then the AI should have told me it was a ridiculous request, which is what an intelligent human would do.

[TexasGator]

Gemini

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To prove the Pythagorean theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) in C#, you’ll typically demonstrate it with specific values. Here’s a simple program:
using System;

public class PythagoreanTheorem
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Define the lengths of the two shorter sides of a right-angled triangle
double a = 3;
double b = 4;

// Calculate the square of the hypotenuse (c^2) using the theorem
double cSquaredCalculated = (a * a) + (b * b);

// Define the actual length of the hypotenuse
double cActual = 5;

// Calculate the square of the actual hypotenuse
double cActualSquared = cActual * cActual;

Console.WriteLine($”Given a = {a}, b = {b}, and c = {cActual}”);
Console.WriteLine($”a^2 + b^2 = {a}^2 + {b}^2 = {a*a} + {b*b} = {cSquaredCalculated}”);
Console.WriteLine($”c^2 = {cActual}^2 = {cActualSquared}”);

// Check if the calculated c^2 is approximately equal to the actual c^2
if (Math.Abs(cSquaredCalculated - cActualSquared) < 0.0001) // Using a small tolerance for double comparison
{
Console.WriteLine(”The Pythagorean theorem holds true for these values: a^2 + b^2 = c^2”);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(”The Pythagorean theorem does not hold true for these values.”);
}

// You can also ask for user input to test different values
Console.WriteLine(”\n-— Test with your own values -—”);
Console.Write(”Enter side a: “);
double inputA = Convert.ToDouble(Console.ReadLine());

Console.Write(”Enter side b: “);
double inputB = Convert.ToToDouble(Console.ReadLine());

Console.Write(”Enter side c (hypotenuse): “);
double inputC = Convert.ToDouble(Console.ReadLine());

double inputCSquaredCalculated = (inputA * inputA) + (inputB * inputB);
double inputCSquaredActual = inputC * inputC;

Console.WriteLine($”For your input: {inputA}^2 + {inputB}^2 = {inputCSquaredCalculated}”);
Console.WriteLine($”{inputC}^2 = {inputCSquaredActual}”);

if (Math.Abs(inputCSquaredCalculated - inputCSquaredActual) < 0.0001)
{
Console.WriteLine(”The Pythagorean theorem holds true for your input.”);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(”The Pythagorean theorem does not hold true for your input.”);
}
}
}

[Tell It Right]

And to your point, that’s not a proof.