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Excellent points, I am not sure why you were flagged as dead.

haskellandchill 4y ago
Because they are wrong? Read the article. > to make a proof of it would be to show why a^2 + b^2 = c^2 That's what the article shows as a final step. And it outlines what assumptions are made and how the final step is demonstrated. I have no idea what OP is rambling about.
- kurthr 4y ago
  Yeah, they made a symmetry argument, a series expansion argument, and a law of sines argument. None of those require the Pythagorean Theorem and are all separately proven. There may be a reason that it's wrong (I'm not a mathematician but the article's author is). So, they showed why the sum of squares is true for the hypotenuse of a triangle. It's even an exact proof rather than a limit argument. That I could follow the steps, and other mathematicians seem unaware of this combination of tools makes it seem relatively novel.
  - oceansea 4y ago
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    - klyrs 4y ago
      Speaking as a mathematician with a PhD, you're wrong about proofs. You're wrong about this site, which intends to promote a curious and celebratory attitude towards knowledge. Ironically, it is you who is displaying the hateful attitude that you bemoan. Please adjust your attitude, or see yourself out. And do re-read the article; the author is attempting to reconstruct their proof without seeing it. You're attacking the students without even seeing their work. Incomprehensible.
      - dang 4y ago
        Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: just for clarity, your comment would be fine without the 3rd and 4th sentences and the final bit.
oceansea 4y ago
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- beepbooptheory 4y ago
  Perhaps this is a chance for some self-reflection on your part? This doesn't seem to be a mean pileon of people hating on you, and its not a particularly charged issue to begin with. You are simply not being clear at all in your argument and then otherwise using this whole thing as a platform to talk about your thoughts on the public education system in Louisiana, and most likely I think some broader thoughts of yours on how kids are just too damn coddled these days. (It should be noted that these students are not in the public education system anyway!) Maybe just try and reflect on whether you would take such an issue with this if the subjects of it didn't challenge your various implicit assumptions so much? Or at the very least, attempt to be clearer in your writing. and articulate your arguments. As a champion of life and knowledge, this should really be a priority for you.
dang 4y ago
It was an obvious flamewar comment, which is against the site rules, plus name-calling, which is also against the site rules, plus nitpicking in an aggressive way. That's not what HN is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Because they are wrong? Read the article. > to make a proof of it would be to show why a^2 + b^2 = c^2 That's what the article shows as a final step. And it outlines what assumptions are made and how the final step is demonstrated. I have no idea what OP is rambling about.

kurthr 4y ago
Yeah, they made a symmetry argument, a series expansion argument, and a law of sines argument. None of those require the Pythagorean Theorem and are all separately proven. There may be a reason that it's wrong (I'm not a mathematician but the article's author is). So, they showed why the sum of squares is true for the hypotenuse of a triangle. It's even an exact proof rather than a limit argument. That I could follow the steps, and other mathematicians seem unaware of this combination of tools makes it seem relatively novel.
- oceansea 4y ago
  [flagged]
  - klyrs 4y ago
    Speaking as a mathematician with a PhD, you're wrong about proofs. You're wrong about this site, which intends to promote a curious and celebratory attitude towards knowledge. Ironically, it is you who is displaying the hateful attitude that you bemoan. Please adjust your attitude, or see yourself out. And do re-read the article; the author is attempting to reconstruct their proof without seeing it. You're attacking the students without even seeing their work. Incomprehensible.
    - dang 4y ago
      Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: just for clarity, your comment would be fine without the 3rd and 4th sentences and the final bit.

oceansea 4y ago

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beepbooptheory 4y ago
Perhaps this is a chance for some self-reflection on your part? This doesn't seem to be a mean pileon of people hating on you, and its not a particularly charged issue to begin with. You are simply not being clear at all in your argument and then otherwise using this whole thing as a platform to talk about your thoughts on the public education system in Louisiana, and most likely I think some broader thoughts of yours on how kids are just too damn coddled these days. (It should be noted that these students are not in the public education system anyway!) Maybe just try and reflect on whether you would take such an issue with this if the subjects of it didn't challenge your various implicit assumptions so much? Or at the very least, attempt to be clearer in your writing. and articulate your arguments. As a champion of life and knowledge, this should really be a priority for you.

dang 4y ago

It was an obvious flamewar comment, which is against the site rules, plus name-calling, which is also against the site rules, plus nitpicking in an aggressive way. That's not what HN is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html