IT may not be generally known that the Theorem of Pythagoras, Euclid I. 47, is closely connected with the Theory of Repeating Patterns in space of two dimensions. The simplest proof by dissection of ...
NCERT's revised Class 8 math textbook renames the Pythagoras Theorem to credit Baudhayana. The book aims to reduce rote learning by linking concepts like percentages and fractals to Indian history, ...
THE interesting communication from Major MacMahon on the above subject reminds me of a proof which I discovered over the chessboard a few years ago, of the well-known fact, that if the lengths of the ...