Two students for TWOsday

Click HERE to read about how two students discovered proof of the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem.  I enjoyed my math classes, so reading this fascinated me.  I remember learning about that theorem in school, just as these two did.

In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle, which states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides.  (I got most of this wording from Wikipedia.)

Here's another way to say it:  The formula for Pythagoras' theorem is a² + b² = c².  In this equation, "C" represents the longest side of a right triangle, called the hypotenuse.  "A" and "B" represent the other two sides of the triangle.

Wow, look at all the twos:  a² and b² and c².  And don't forget the two students.