Bride's Chair
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bride-s-chair-173-17679410
title:
Bride's Chair
text:
In geometry, a Bride's Chair is an illustration of the Pythagorean theorem. The figure appears in Proposition 47 of Book I of Euclid's Elements. It is also known by several other names, such as the Franciscan's cowl, peacock's tail, windmill, Pythagorean pants, Figure of the Bride, theorem of the married women, and chase of the little married women. According to Swiss-American historian of mathematics Florian Cajori, the ultimate etymology of the term "Bride's Chair" lies in a Greek homonym: "So
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description:
Illustration of the Pythagorean theorem
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride%27s_Chair
date created:
2023-11-29T00:29:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T18:31:53Z
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