For generations, Indian students have learnt it simply as the Pythagoras Theorem. In a quiet but significant shift, the Class ...

August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...

Hundreds of years before a Greek scholar outlined his proof of the Pythagorean theorem, ancient Chinese scholars proved it using just 17 characters, a renowned Chinese mathematician highlighted in a ...

This is for the first time that the Baudhāyana–Pythagoras Theorem has been introduced in Class 8 NCERT Math textbook. , ...

The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the sum of ...

NCERT's revised Class 8 math textbook renames the Pythagoras Theorem to credit Baudhayana. The book aims to reduce rote ...

You might think that once a theorem has been proved that would be the end of it. I mean, is there possibly any value in having another proof of something? A new proof certainly doesn't make a theorem ...

The longest side of a right-angled triangle is the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is always opposite the right angle. Draw a square on each side of a right-angled triangle. Calculate the area of each ...

The longest side of a right-angled triangle is the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is always opposite the right angle. Draw a square on each side of a right-angled triangle. Calculate the area of each ...

The textbook uses examples from Indian monuments and cultural contexts to explain key concepts of the subject, including ...