I have very fond memories of high school geometry. Memorizing theorems wasn't too hard, and solving proofs was like solving the logic puzzles that I did for fun anyway. But the theorems were scattered ...

Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 377, No. 2140, Theme issue: The notion of ‘simple proof’ - Hilbert’s 24th problem (11 March 2019), pp. 1-11 (11 pages) ...

What began as a bonus question in a high school math contest has resulted in a staggering 10 new ways to prove the ancient mathematical rule of Pythagoras' theorem. "There are no trigonometric proofs ...

IN many respects an excellent little book, in which blank pages are left for the pupil to insert his own proofs of the simpler propositions which are treated as riders. It is not in accordance with ...

IT is unfortunate that F. P. Wolfkehl's legacy of a prize for settling the vexed question of “Fermat's Last Theorem” should have stimulated such a large erroneous mathematical literature. Most of the ...

A University of Tartu student has come up with a new proof of the Pythagorean theorem using origami. While folding paper is already used — even in basic school — to demonstrate the well-known ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 1, 2024 For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the ...

When a top-tier mathematician announced in August that he had proved one of the greatest problems in mathematics, the claim was trumpeted in the New York Times, Nature, Science and the Boston Globe.

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch. Credit...Christian Gralingen Supported by By Siobhan Roberts Reported from Stanford, Calif. For four years, the ...