They achieved the impossible: two students stun experts with a 2000-year-old mystery

A theorem as old as time… or almost For more than two millennia, Pythagoras’ theorem has stood as one of the cornerstones of ...
MadameNoire

Pythagorean Theorem: Calcea Johnson & Ne'Kiya Jackson Create Proof

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, two Black seniors from St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, have done the unthinkable. In 2022, the amazing students created proof for the Pythagorean Theorem, which ...
IFLScience

Two High School Students Discover "Impossible" Proof Of The Pythagorean Theorem

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
The Guardian

New Orleans teens’ Pythagorean proof gains compelling evidence

Calcea Rujean Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson’s achievement was not the first time trigonometry has been used to prove the theorem Compelling evidence supports the claims of two New Orleans high school ...
NPR

An old tadpole, new Pythagorean Theorem proof and how fruit may have affected evolution

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption. All ...