The Pythagorean Proposition: Some Noted Proofs

Some Noted Proofs

 1. The shortest, see p. 24, Legendre's.......... One
 2. The longest, see p. 81, Davies Legendre .. Ninety
 3. The most popular, p. 109, ............... Sixteen
 4. Arabic, see p. 121; under proof .... Thirty-Three
 5. Bhaskara, the Hindu, p. 50, .......... Thirty-Six
 6. The blind girl, Coolidge, p. 118, .... Thirty-Two
 7. The Chinese--before 500 B.C., p. 261, ...........
      ....................... Two Hundred Fifty-Three
 8. Ann Condit, at age 16, p. 140(Unique) ...........
      ................................... Sixty-Eight
 9. Euclid's, p. 119, .................. Thirty-Three
10. Garfield's (Ex-Pres.), p. 231, ..................
      ........................ Two Hundred Thirty-One
11. Huygens' (b. 1629), p. 118, .......... Thirty-One
12. Jashemski's (age 18), p. 230, ...................
      ............................ Two Hundred Thirty
13. Law of Dissection, p. 105, .................. Ten
14. Leibniz's  (b. 1646), p.  59, ....... Fifty-Three
15. Non-Euclidean, p. 265, ...  Two Hundred Fifty-Six
16. Pentagon, pp. 92 and 238, .......................
        One Hundred Seven and Two Hundred Forty-Two
17. Reductio ad Absurdum, pp. 41 and 48, ............
      ........................ Sixteen and Thirty-Two
18. Theory of Limits, p. 86, ........... Ninety-Eight