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2023-03-28 21:06:28 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The girls claim they were able to find a way to prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry without circular logic - something mathematicians have been trying to do for nearly 2,000 years. Their work still needs to be peer-reviewed. https://www.wwltv.com/amp/article/news/education/no-east-teens-make-pmathematical-discovery-2000-years-making/ https://amp.www.complex.com/life/new-orleans-teens-new-proof-math-pythagorean-theorem https://www.fox8live.com/2023/03/28/two-new-orleans-teens-make-math-discovery-2000-years-making/?outputType=amp https://meetings.ams.org/math/spring2023se/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/23621 https://www.insider.com/us-teens-claim-to-have-proved-pythagorean-theorem-thought-impossible-2023-3?amp

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• The girls claim they were able to find a way to prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry without circular logic - something mathematicians have been trying to do for nearly 2,000 years. Their work still needs to be peer-reviewed. https://www.wwltv.com/amp/article/news/education/no-east-teens-make-pmathematical-discovery-2000-years-making/ https://amp.www.complex.com/life/new-orleans-teens-new-proof-math-pythagorean-theorem https://www.fox8live.com/2023/03/28/two-new-orleans-teens-make-math-discovery-2000-years-making/?outputType=amp https://meetings.ams.org/math/spring2023se/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/23621 https://www.insider.com/us-teens-claim-to-have-proved-pythagorean-theorem-thought-impossible-2023-3?amp