Pythagoras is just a special case

It was a great surprise to me to discover through a golfing pal from St. Andrews that one of Napoleon’s generals was responsible for a simple theorem that has the Pythagorean Theorem as a special c...

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Journal
Math Horizons
Published
2026-08-25
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https://doi.org/10.1080/10724117.2026.2676779
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Mathematics and Applications
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Pythagoras is just a special case

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Mathematics and Applications
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Pythagoras is just a special case

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It was a great surprise to me to discover through a golfing pal from St. Andrews that one of Napoleon’s generals was responsible for a simple theorem that has the Pythagorean Theorem as a special c...

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