AB 1705 has sparked controversy. Some math educators fear more students will fail calculus. Defenders say the law prevents ...

Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson’s solution was solidified by math peers last week and since then the pair have discovered ...

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.

Students from Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South high schools earned grade class honors in this year’s Rose-Hulman High School Mathematics Competition conducted on campus Nov. 9. West Vigo and ...

Two young women from New Orleans who amazed mathematicians two years ago by coming up with a new trigonometric proof of the 2 ...

In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published 10 trigonometric proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, a feat thought impossible for 2,000 years.

Martha loves to relate her science examples in practical, everyday terms, that the kids can identify with. For example: “Divide the speed of light (300 megameters per second) by the FM frequency on ...

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their ...

You might wonder why [Kevin] wanted to build digital calipers when you can buy them for very little these days. But, then ...

wowed the math world again when they presented several new ways of proving the Pythagorean Theorem via trigonometry. The two, now college students, have come up with five ways of solving the ...

Over the years, many mathematicians have tried to prove the theorem using algebra and geometry but using trigonometry was ...