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Proof by Rearrangement of the Pythagorean Theorem
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RE: Proof by Rearrangement of the Pythagorean Theorem
(November 22, 2018 at 11:35 am)Grandizer Wrote: I was being serious, FTR.

Like Tibs said, the triangles are exactly the same and rearranged in the same way. That could only result in a square, not just any rhombus.

Polymath's answer is more rigorous, fair enough.

Something is required since the result fails for non-Euclidean geometry. And, in fact the point that fails is the angles are not right angles. The lines around the (a+b) squares are no longer straight.
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RE: Proof by Rearrangement of the Pythagorean Theorem - by polymath257 - November 22, 2018 at 11:54 am

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