pythagorean theorem in English
noun
1
a theorem attributed to Pythagoras that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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1. He gave a proof of the Pythagorean theorem using the Pythagorean tiling.
2. So we're going to break out a little trigonometry and actually just a little Pythagorean theorem.
3. One can arrive at the Pythagorean theorem by studying how changes in a side produce a change in the hypotenuse and employing calculus.
4. Ancient Egyptian mathematicians had a grasp of the principles underlying the Pythagorean theorem, knowing, for example, that a triangle had a right angle opposite the hypotenuse when its sides were in a 3–4–5 ratio.