{"666820":{"#nid":"666820","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-orleans\u0022\u003ENew Orleans\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;high school seniors who say they have proven Pythagoras\u2019s theorem by using trigonometry \u2013 which academics for two millennia have thought to be impossible \u2013 are being encouraged by a prominent US mathematical research organization to submit their work to a peer-reviewed journal.\u0026nbsp;Calcea Johnson and Ne\u2019Kiya Jackson, who are students of St Mary\u2019s Academy, recently gave a presentation of their findings at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/sectional\/2298_program.html\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society Southeastern Section meeting\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E. They were reportedly the only two high schoolers to give presentations at the meeting, attended by math researchers from institutions including Georgia Tech and the universities of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. 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They were reportedly the only two high schoolers to give presentations at the meeting, attended by math researchers from institutions including Georgia Tech and the universities of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. 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