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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Mathematics LibreTexts - The Pythagorean Theorem. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Intro to the Pythagorean theorem 2. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Washington Pressbooks - Mathematics for Elementary Education II - Pythagorean Theorem and Congruent and Similar Triangles. | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The Pythagorean Theorem: I. The finite case. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - The Living Tree of Mathematics: Math Problems through World History and Cultures. - Pythagorean Theorem. | Jun 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan Technological University - Knowledge Base - A New Approach to Proving the Pythagorean Theorem (PDF). | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching - Pythagoras' Theorem (PDF). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science - Five New Ways to Prove a Pythagorean Theorem (PDF). | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University - Department of Mathematics - Pythagorean theorem. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem by Liu Hui. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Glenn Research Center - Pythagorean theorem. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Short Proofs for Pythagorean Theorem. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - BLOSSOMS - Pythagorean Theorem: Proof and Applications. | Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Pythagorean Theorem. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Intro to the Pythagorean theorem (video). | Jul 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Story of Mathematics - Pythagorean Theorem � Explanation & Examples. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mathematics LibreTexts - The Pythagorean Theorem. | Oct 21, 2022 | ||
| Added material about Babylonian knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem. Changed “an estimated 367 different proofs” to “over 300 different proofs.” | May 26, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Math is Fun - Pythagoras' Theorem. | Mar 01, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Nov 29, 2017 | ||
| Removed material about the Rhind papyrus. Changed "the first proof of the theorem is credited to Pythagoras" to "the theorem came to be credited to Pythagoras." Moved material about Euclid's Elements to the end of the first paragraph. | Jun 15, 2016 | ||
| Added discussion of mention of the Pythagorean theorem in the Baudhayana Sulbasutra. | Jun 15, 2016 | ||
| The words "the side opposite the right triangle" were changed to "the side opposite the right angle." |
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Dec 19, 2011 | |
| Added new Web site: Wolfram Mathworld - Pythagorean Theorem. | Mar 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Online Math Applications - Pythagorean Theorem. | Aug 18, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 10, 2005 |
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