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Plane Geometry - Bruce E. Shapiro

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SECTION 38. THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM 197Figure 38.5: Euclid’s Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.Butα(□ACHI) = 2α(△IAC)= 2α(△JAD)= α(□AJKD) (38.6)A similar argument is used to show thatα(□CBF G) = α(□JBEK) (38.7)Substituting equations 38.6 and 38.7 into 38.1 givesα(□ABED) = α(□ACHI) + α(□CBF G)Illustration of the proof the Guogu thoerem (third proof) from Zhoubi suanjing (c 100BCE). The illustrations were not in the original text but were added sometime beforethe 16th century, when this version was printed. [MAA Digitial Sciences Library]Revised: 18 Nov 2012 « CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

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