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Nerd Alert! - Pythagorean Proof - Which is your Favorite
October 30, 2017, 02:09 PM
zipridersonNerd Alert! - Pythagorean Proof - Which is your Favorite
I like President Garfield's - a rare use of a trapezoid. What say you?
Cool link:
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT...ay1/Pythagorean.htmlOctober 30, 2017, 02:13 PM
SkyOtterquote:
Pythagorean Proof - Which is your Favorite
You know, that's not a title you see a lot.
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October 30, 2017, 02:15 PM
zipridersonquote:
Originally posted by SkyOtter:
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Pythagorean Proof - Which is your Favorite
You know, that's not a title you see a lot.
Good point - fixed the thread title.
October 30, 2017, 02:28 PM
rduckworBlueberry.
RMD
TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
October 30, 2017, 02:31 PM
sigmonkey
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! October 30, 2017, 02:34 PM
parabellumMy cat can solve for
X as long as tuna is involved.
October 30, 2017, 02:35 PM
lbsidDonald in Mathmagic Land.
Much more fun!
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October 30, 2017, 02:37 PM
rduckworquote:
a rare use of a trapezoid
Don't strippers use those on stage at the clubs? I mean I have never seen a stripper, but I have HEARD abut them.
RMD
TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
October 30, 2017, 02:41 PM
sigmonkey
Sammy's is right next to McGuire's if your ever in P-cola again...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! October 30, 2017, 02:45 PM
zipridersonThis is exactly how I thought this thread would go. .
October 30, 2017, 02:47 PM
rduckworquote:
Originally posted by zipriderson:
This is exactly how I thought this thread would go. .
You had it coming!
Thanks for the diversion. It feels good to be silly occasionally.
RMD
TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
October 30, 2017, 03:00 PM
pillboxesghostI'd never seen Garfield's proof before. For some reason, I find Bhaskaras's first proof to be most elegant! I suppose that's because just from examination, it's intuitively correct.
One of my NC State math profs. (circa 1960's) said that many (most?, all?) of the simpler algebraic theorems could be proven geometrically. The quantity A + B squared = A squared + 2AB + B squared being an easy example.
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October 30, 2017, 03:02 PM
flashguyI must admit I had not seen any of those proofs before. I have usually seen Euclid's proof (sometimes labeled the "Bride's Chair" proof). I must admit the dissection proofs are a lot easier to follow. Garfield's is interesting, but it does require the formula for area of a trapezoid--of course, that can also be derived easily by dissection.
OK, I'll bite--what's with "Blueberry" and the dish of pudding?
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth October 30, 2017, 03:04 PM
rduckworquote:
Originally posted by pillboxesghost:
I'd never seen Garfield's proof before. For some reason, I find Bhaskaras's first proof to be most elegant! I suppose that's because just from examination, it's intuitively correct.
One of my NC State math profs. (circa 1960's) said that many (most?, all?) of the simpler algebraic theorems could be proven geometrically. The quantity A + B squared = A squared + 2AB + B squared being an easy example.
OMG!! There are TWO of you here??
Reference my earlier post in another thread:
"Well, there must be a _____________ in my wood shed somewhere because I suck at higher mathematics.
RMD"
My hat is off to both of you.
RMD
TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
October 30, 2017, 03:14 PM
sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by flashguy:...the dish of pudding?
flashguy
The proof is in there...
You axed me.
Now, if you paid a cover and $15 for drinks, sitting at a little round table with a candle, you'd be laughing.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! October 30, 2017, 03:58 PM
OKCGeneI prefer Cole's Law.
October 30, 2017, 04:08 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:...the dish of pudding?
flashguy
The proof is in there...
You axed me.
Now, if you paid a cover and $15 for drinks, sitting at a little round table with a candle, you'd be laughing.
??? I still have no clue.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth October 30, 2017, 04:24 PM
rduckworquote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
I still have no clue.
flashguy
PIE_thagorean. Sometime cherry is very good as well.
RMD
TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
October 30, 2017, 04:31 PM
V-TailThe sons of the squaw on the hippopotamus are equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 30, 2017, 05:35 PM
feersum dreadnaughtquote:
Originally posted by rduckwor:
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
I still have no clue.
flashguy
PIE_thagorean. Sometime cherry is very good as well.
RMD
Pie is round. Cornbread r square
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