"...a few trigonometric proofs of Pythagoras have made the rounds since then. Claims in the media that Johnson and Jackson’s proof is the first trigonometric proof of Pythagoras are overblown..."
I don't like how the author drops the bomb "this has been done before" and tries to compensate that with the "simple and lively" language of the proof, or the background of the girls.
Why didn't author reference any of the previous work? How do they differ from Jackson and Johnson's proof? What's the novelty here? How can we properly give credit to these young mathematicians?
I don't like how the author drops the bomb "this has been done before" and tries to compensate that with the "simple and lively" language of the proof, or the background of the girls.
Why didn't author reference any of the previous work? How do they differ from Jackson and Johnson's proof? What's the novelty here? How can we properly give credit to these young mathematicians?