Charles Barkley keeps $1M promise after 2 students solve Pythagorean Theorem(nola.com)

https://www.nola.com/news/education/st-marys-academy-charles-barkley-donation/article_802b8d5e-6ae4-11ef-8882-0b48ce188fbb.html

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kwooding2 anni fa

Of course it’s been solved many times before. This is not a great write up and a terrible headline.

In fact, the students came up with a trigonometric proof of Pythagoras which was not circular: I.e. did not rely on anything derived from the Pythagorean theorem itself, and presented it at a regional AMS meeting.

Better write ups are: https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/have-two-black-teen...

Or

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/24/new-orleans-...

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