The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the sum of ...
In 2022, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson were able to prove that trigonometry can prove the theorem. Two Black students continue to showcase their prowess in math. The young women from Louisiana ...
Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical ...
Two Louisiana high school students, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, have achieved a remarkable feat by proving the ...
NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleans high school seniors from St. Mary's Academy were featured in a '60 Minutes special on Sunday, May 5. Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson sat down with CBS correspondent ...
The high schoolers presented their theory at a national mathematics conference. Two Black teenage girls from New Orleans say they could be the first mathematicians in at least 2,000 years to find ...