"Who is the person that discovered trigonometry?" asked a young Schaumburg Township District Library patron who attended the "Summer Scientists" program. Wanting to determine distances between stars, ...

Although it is impossible for students to measure with a tape from the top of the building to the ground, they still found a successful way to determine the height and length of the facility.

In 2022, two high school students created a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—something that’s only ever been accomplished by a few professional mathematicians. Now, a new article not ...

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Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both at ...