Py·thag·o·re·an
pə-ˌtha-gə-ˈrē-ən 
(ˌ)pī-
: any of a group professing to be followers of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras
: of, relating to, or associated with the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, his philosophy, or the Pythagoreans
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Charles Barkley's $1M donation to St. Mary's arrives after students solve Pythagorean Theorem
Sep 4, 2024
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—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Baltimore’s Pythagorean record, a metric that calculates a team’s record based on its run differential, entering Thursday was 51-29, one win better than its actual mark.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
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Manon Bischoff
2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 June 2024
For example, Pythagorean triples (such as 3, 4 and 5), represent right triangles whose three vertices are all integer distances apart.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
There must be thousands of old and new explanations of the Pythagorean theorem online.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the distinguished, nearly two-decade long Congressional career that followed, Garfield established America’s first federal Department of Education, won cases before the Supreme Court as an attorney, and even authored an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem.
—Time, 21 July 2023
The two recent high school graduates are riding high after working together to figure out a new way of proving the Pythagorean Theorem, a 2,000-year-old math concept that hasn’t been expounded upon since.
—Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Baltimore’s 2023 Pythagorean record based on run differential was seven wins worse than its actual mark — an indicator for a team that perhaps overachieved.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The popular Pythagorean win-loss record, based on run differential, say, is ostensibly a more accurate reflection of a team’s performance.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
Check your measurements based on the Pythagorean theorem formula above and cut two angled 2x4 pieces for each front and back of the doghouse.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry.
—Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
This was a very young baseball club, destined to get even better, and had the bounce-back effect typical of teams who far underperform their Pythagorean record set to work in its favor as the 2022 season opened.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
In 2016, the teams’ Pythagorean records, based on runs scored and allowed, suggested Toronto was really a 91-win team, the Rangers an 82-win team.
—Dallas News, 8 July 2022
Their performance in these circumstances is reflected somewhat in a Pythagorean record, which estimates a team’s record based on run differential, that suggests the Orioles came into Tuesday with four more victories than would be expected.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2023
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Noun
Instead, the pair of students used a trigonometric rule called the Law of Sines, which does not rely on the Pythagorean theorem.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Charles Barkley's $1M donation to St. Mary's arrives after students solve Pythagorean Theorem
Sep 4, 2024
Go deeper (<1 min. read)
Get a free daily digest of the most important news in your backyard with Axios New Orleans.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Baltimore’s Pythagorean record, a metric that calculates a team’s record based on its run differential, entering Thursday was 51-29, one win better than its actual mark.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
These Are the Most Bizarre Numbers in the Universe
Manon Bischoff
2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 June 2024
For example, Pythagorean triples (such as 3, 4 and 5), represent right triangles whose three vertices are all integer distances apart.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
There must be thousands of old and new explanations of the Pythagorean theorem online.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the distinguished, nearly two-decade long Congressional career that followed, Garfield established America’s first federal Department of Education, won cases before the Supreme Court as an attorney, and even authored an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem.
—Time, 21 July 2023
The two recent high school graduates are riding high after working together to figure out a new way of proving the Pythagorean Theorem, a 2,000-year-old math concept that hasn’t been expounded upon since.
—Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
Adjective
Although the Pythagorean theorem has been proved with algebra and geometry, mathematicians previously thought that it couldn’t be proved using trigonometry.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Baltimore’s 2023 Pythagorean record based on run differential was seven wins worse than its actual mark — an indicator for a team that perhaps overachieved.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The popular Pythagorean win-loss record, based on run differential, say, is ostensibly a more accurate reflection of a team’s performance.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
Check your measurements based on the Pythagorean theorem formula above and cut two angled 2x4 pieces for each front and back of the doghouse.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry.
—Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
This was a very young baseball club, destined to get even better, and had the bounce-back effect typical of teams who far underperform their Pythagorean record set to work in its favor as the 2022 season opened.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
In 2016, the teams’ Pythagorean records, based on runs scored and allowed, suggested Toronto was really a 91-win team, the Rangers an 82-win team.
—Dallas News, 8 July 2022
Their performance in these circumstances is reflected somewhat in a Pythagorean record, which estimates a team’s record based on run differential, that suggests the Orioles came into Tuesday with four more victories than would be expected.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2023
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“Pythagorean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pythagorean. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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