This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

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For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Known as the Pythagorean Theorem, this ...

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A new interpretation into the nature of an ancient clay tablet known as Plimpton 322 claims that ancient Babylonians might have developed an advanced form of trigonometry — long before Greek ...

Many mathematicians over the years have explained why the theorem works using algebra and geometry. In contrast, Jackson and Johnson were able to prove it using trigonometry — a subbranch of ...

THE Practical Geometry by Messrs. Le Neve Foster and Dobbs consists of a collection of more than seven hundred examples, grouped in sets, each set illustrating some fundamental geometrical principle, ...

A small clay tablet that is 3,700 years old may be about to make studying trigonometry much easier, thanks to the work of an Australian mathematician. Babylonians approach to calculating triangles ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - New Hanover County is home to several young "Trig-Stars." The NHCS Trig-Star competition, which entails students completing a practical-application trigonometry test, ...