https://www.nola.com/news/education/st-marys-academy-charles-barkley-donation/article_802b8d5e-6ae4-11ef-8882-0b48ce188fbb.html

Old news with a current news twist:

"Two high school students have proved the #Pythagoreantheorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using #trigonometry.

Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both at St. Mary’s Academy in #NewOrleans, announced their achievement last month at an American Mathematical Society meeting."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2-high-school-students-prove-pythagorean-theorem-heres-what-that-means/

The twist:

the #basketball legend #CharlesBarkley gave their school $1M for it

#math