■高校英単語(wikipediaのチラ読み.数学 / ピタゴラスの定理)
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In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle (right-angled triangle). In terms of areas, it states:
In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle).
The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides a, b and c, often called the Pythagorean equation:
a2+b2=c2
where c represents the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b represent the lengths of the other two sides.
The Pythagorean theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who by tradition is credited with its discovery and proof, although it is often argued that knowledge of the theorem predates him. There is evidence that Babylonian mathematicians understood the formula, although there is little surviving evidence that they fitted it into a mathematical framework.
The theorem is about both areas and lengths, or can be said to have both areal and metric interpretations. Some proofs of the theorem are based on one interpretation, some upon the other, using both algebraic and geometric techniques. The theorem can be generalized in various ways, including higher dimensional spaces, to spaces that are not Euclidean, to objects that are not right triangles, and indeed, to objects that are not triangles at all, but n-dimensional solids.
The Pythagorean theorem has attracted interest outside mathematics as a symbol of mathematical abstruseness, mystique, or intellectual power; popular references in literature, plays, musicals, songs, stamps and cartoons abound.
【終り】
  • Pythagorean theorem, Pythagoras' theorem:ピタゴラスの定理(三平方の定理)
  • Babylonian:バビロニア人の(メソポタミア文明をになった人たち)
  • Euclidean geometry:ユークリッド幾何学(平面や空間の図形的性質を扱う学問)





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  • abstruseness [名詞] 分かりにくさ
  • algebraic [形容詞] 代数の
  • cartoon [名詞] 漫画
  • credite with : 功績があると思う
  • fit into : 当てはまる
  • geometric [形容詞] 幾何学的な
  • hypotenuse [名詞] [haipátenjù_s] 斜辺
  • mystique [名詞] 神秘的雰囲気
  • named after: 〜にちなんで名づける
  • predate [動詞] 以前にさかのぼる
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