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A groundbreaking new proof for Pythagoras’ Theorem?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Pythagoras' Theorem

Kelsey Johnson and IKEA Jackson have presented their findings to the American Mathematical Society. They've also been asked to submit their findings for peer review, a process where the wider academic community would examine their work. For those of us who haven't been in a classroom for quite some time, we need a bit of a refresher on the famous theorem and the man who invented it. Pythagoras lived two and a half thousand years ago and almost nothing is known for certain about his life. He's genuinely associated with a hatred of father beans, which is seemingly because they give you gas,. And expelling gas took away the breath of life. But mainly, he's associated

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