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That is to say, each of their proofs demonstrates that the square of a right triangle’s longest side equals the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 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
Billiard tables shaped like acute and right triangles have periodic trajectories.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
In the early 1990s, Fred Holt at the University of Washington and Gregory Galperin and his collaborators at Moscow State University independently showed that every right triangle has periodic orbits.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 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
Billiard tables shaped like acute and right triangles have periodic trajectories.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
In the early 1990s, Fred Holt at the University of Washington and Gregory Galperin and his collaborators at Moscow State University independently showed that every right triangle has periodic orbits.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Right triangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20triangle. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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