Re: A U.S. President and Pythagorean?

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From: M. Edward Borasky
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 15:13

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In article <1992Apr9.090734.1@scivax.stsci.edu> reinhard@scivax.stsci.edu writes:
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>Can any one tell me which U.S. President developed a proof to the 
>Pythagorean Theorem?
James Abram Garfield.  He was the one that Garfield High School is named
after.  Of course, the town where I grew up had TWO high schools --
I went to Garfield's cross-town rival, Charles Guiteau High School.

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