Re: A U.S. President and Pythagorean?

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2 total messages Started by Lon Stowell Thu, 09 Apr 1992 15:27

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Author: Lon Stowell
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 15:27

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In article <1992Apr9.090734.1@scivax.stsci.edu> reinhard@scivax.stsci.edu writes:
>
>Can any one tell me which U.S. President developed
>a proof to the Pythagorean Theorem?
>
    Hopefully all of them with an 8th grade education or better.

    Are you talking about voo-doo geometry or what?  Did one of them
    DISPROVE the theorem?

    PS.  does this have anything to do with consumers?  >:-)

Re: A U.S. President and Pythagorean?

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Author: Lyle D. Sanders
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:08

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In article <181001@pyramid.pyramid.com>, lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr9.090734.1@scivax.stsci.edu> reinhard@scivax.stsci.edu writes:
|> >
|> >Can any one tell me which U.S. President developed
|> >a proof to the Pythagorean Theorem?
|> >
|>     Hopefully all of them with an 8th grade education or better.
|> 
|>     Are you talking about voo-doo geometry or what?  Did one of them
|>     DISPROVE the theorem?
|> 
|>     PS.  does this have anything to do with consumers?  >:-)


Well, let's see... Ronald Regan was past the 8th grade before the Pythagorean
Theorem was thought of, so it was not him!

And I doubt Jerry Ford could have managed such a task as understanding the
Pythagorean Theorem, let alone prove it, so it was not him!

Richard Nixon MAY have stolen a copy of the proof, does that count?

For the most part, most, if not all, of the recent U.S. Persidents probably
didn't (don't) care about the Pythagorean Theorem.


Just my opinion...


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