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

Basu, Kaushik (2015): A New and Very Long Proof of the Pythagoras Theorem By Way of a Proposition on Isosceles Triangles.

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.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Geometric Equivalences, Pythagoras Theorem, Isosceles triangles
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General; Z - Other Special Topics > Z0 - General

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