A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

Understanding how to convert between degrees and radians is one of the most crucial skills for anyone studying trigonometry, ...

Trigonometric identities are powerful tools for simplifying complex equations in math and science. Three core ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson surprised the math world when, as seniors in high school, they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle.

Discovered in the 5 th century B.C. by none other than Pythagoras himself, the Pythagorean Theorem (a 2 + b 2 = c 2) lies at the very foundations of trigonometry.That’s why it was particularly ...

Some mathematicians argue that using trigonometry to independently prove the theorem is actually impossible, including Elisha Loomis, whose book on the topic (originally published almost a century ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson believe they can prove the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry — and are being encouraged to submit their work for peer review Jason Hahn is a former Human ...

Finding a Rare Use for Trigonometry After High School Though it may not seem to apply much to adult life, trig can be an important bridge between different kinds of measurement—and different ...

In “Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World,” Matt Parker recounts, for instance, how computers were a “game-changer in the field of shape finding.” ...