August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...

Is your local Major League Baseball team better than its record suggests? Math researchers are considering alternatives to the Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball, devised by baseball statistician Bill ...

In this math tutorial, we look at finding the missing side of a right-angled triangle by using Pythagorean triples. We ...

Later attempts found that instead of 2, better results can be found with exponents of 1.82. The formula can be used in different sports, as well—using an exponent of 14 (or 16.5) for basketball, and 2 ...

Maor, an author and Loyola University math history instructor, has crafted a charming tour through math history, introducing the many ways that the Pythagorean Theorem (in a right triangle, the sum of ...