A New and Very Long Proof of the Pythagoras Theorem By Way of a Proposition on Isosceles Triangles

Kaushik Basu

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Abstract: This paper provides a new proof of the Pythagoras Theorem on right-angled triangles via two new lemmas pertaining to, respectively, isosceles triangles and right-angled triangles, which are of pedagogical value in themselves.

Keywords: Geometric Equivalences; Pythagoras Theorem; Isosceles triangles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C0 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-05
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