Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ne'Kiya Jackson, left, and Calcea Johnson have published an academic paper detailing how they proved Pythagoras' theorem.

In 2022, U.S. high school students Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson astonished teachers when they discovered a new way to prove Pythagoras’ theorem using trigonometry after entering a competition at ...

Two US high schoolers believe they have cracked a mathematical mystery left unproven for centuries. Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson looked at the Pythagorean theorem, foundational to trigonometry.

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, who surprised the math world when they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle, wowed the math world again when they presented several new ways of ...

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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 ...

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 ...