by Rebecca Conley and John Jaroma
This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
January, 2006
Subject classification(s):
Geometry and Topology | Plane Geometry | TrianglesApplicable Course(s):
4.19 Complex VariablesThis capsule applied the concept of cross ratio in complex analysis to derive the Pythagorean Theorem. It appears to be the first in the literature to use this approach to prove the famous theorem.
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