Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two standout students, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson from St. Mary’s Academy, proved that there is a new way to solve ...

New Orleans High School seniors Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson were honored at the 2023 Essence Festival through AT&T’s Dream in Black program. The Math geniuses proved the 2,000-year-old theory ...

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 ...

Learn about the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagoras theorem is a fundamental relation among the three sides of a right triangle. It is used to determine the missing length of a right triangle. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two high school seniors from New Orleans think they have achieved a feat of mathematics which has stumped experts for 2,000 years. Their work got Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson far enough to ...