Pythagoras' theorem via equilateral triangles

2016/04/12 by Andrés Navas, Navas, Andres
Mathematics · #Mathematics and Applications #History and Theory of Mathematics #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1604.03808

Abstract

We give a proof of Pythagoras' theorem which does not use neither squares nor similarity of triangles.

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