Two New Orleans high school students recently attended a conference where they proved an “impossible” math problem by using trigonometry. For more than 2,000 years, mathematicians worldwide ...

Teens surprise math world with Pythagorean Theorem trigonometry proof | 60 Minutes This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024.

Two Louisiana students claim to have found a new discovery for a math problem that has intrigued mathematicians for 2,000 years.

Students who made math history when they were in high school have now published new ways of proving the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry.

In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.

Two New Orleans high school students have proven the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry without relying on circular reasoning. That should be impossible.