Most people don’t remember math class, but they do remember Pythagoras. Greek philosopher and mathematician, he is credited with one of the handiest formulae any school student could know: A squared ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe ...

Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn’t “exist” outside the minds of ...

Two young female scientists with an affinity for math have succeeded in doing what was long considered almost impossible by experts: they have proved the famous Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) ...

Back in high school geometry class, I learned the Pythagorean Theorem, a2 + b2= c2. As a teenager, I would’ve bet I’d never enjoy a novel based on Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician for whom the ...

For generations, Indian students have learnt it simply as the Pythagoras Theorem. In a quiet but significant shift, the Class 8 NCERT mathematics textbook has now introduced it as the ...

Two teens say they’ve historically solved Pythagoras’ famous theorem by using trigonometry. New Orleans natives Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, who attend St. Mary’s Academy, presented their ...

September 16, 2025, is the only date that fits the definition this century. Here’s the specific math to add it all up: 3 multiplied by itself is 9, 4 squared is 16, and 5 squared is 2025. On top of ...