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Two US high school girls rewrite 2,000 years of mathematics with a new Pythagorean proof once thought untouchable

For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its ...
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Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written numbers.