Re: Pyhtagorus Theorum

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From: Robert Morewood
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 00:00

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Nick Steeves (nsteeves@ra.isisnet.con) wrote:
: Can someone tell me who the American President was who did the original 
: proof for Pythagorus Theorum?

I replied:
: I'm sure it was Garfield,

Found it!  
According to:  The JOY of MATHEMATICS  by  Theoni Pappas (page 200-201) 
James Abram Garfield published an original proof in 1876 in the New 
England Journal of Education which is reproduced the book.

That is a marvelous little book containing about 200 single page 
"snapshots" of mathematical topics ranging from trivia like the Garfield 
proof to basic math lore like Fibonacci numbers, Pascal's triangle, and the 
Mobius strip.  Easy to read and well illistrated.  Every high school 
library SHOULD get a copy.
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|/   |\/|         || Fermat is dead!   ||  rob_morewood@panam.wimsey.bc.ca
|\ob |  |orewood  || Long Live Wiles!! ||    Beautiful British Columbia

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