Elegant proofs – more Pythagoras

Browsing the Plus Magazine site recently, I was struck the proof of Pythagoras’ Theorem shown in the animation below:

Not just because it is an elegant proof, but also because of the author, the 20th President of the United States, James Garfield.

This entry was posted in Maths, Newton and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.