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Proofs of
Pythagoras's Theorem a²+b²
= c²
Proof 11 From Monday, July 31st to Sunday
August 6th, 2000 in Makuhari, Tokyo, Japan, the International Conference on
Mathematics Education (or ICME 9) took place. On the Saturday an exhibition was
staged, called Mathematical Art in ICME 9. One exhibit was the rotating
structure shown below. As it turned, liquid flowed from the largest square to
fill up the two smaller squares, thus proving Pythagoras's
theorem. |