New Orleans High School seniors Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson were honored at the 2023 Essence Festival through AT&T’s Dream in Black program. The Math geniuses proved the 2,000-year-old theory ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more. For over 2,000 years, such ...

Two New Orleans high school students recently attended a conference where they proved an “impossible” math problem by using trigonometry. For more than 2,000 years, mathematicians worldwide have ...

Major reforms and inventions often begin with a line of mathematics. For students, equations can look abstract on a classroom ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson believe they can prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry — and are being encouraged to submit their work for peer review Jason Hahn is a former Human ...

Let's explore how the Pythagorean theorem was known and applied in India centuries before Pythagoras, highlighting a poetic ...

A cable is attached, 30 metres above ground level, to a post. The other end of the cable is 14 metres from the base of the post. Regulations state that the cable must measure less than 35 metres. If A ...

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 ...

Everyone knows that A² + B² = C², but can you prove it? There are at least 88 ways to do it. Here’s my personal favorite. The Pythagorean Theorem is known by anyone who has taken basic geometry. In a ...