Showing posts with label pythagoras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pythagoras. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Perigal's dissection

The proof of the pythagoras rule by Perigal is animated here - you can drag the corners of the original triangle.

Henry Perigal, English, 1801 - 1898

The detail of the proof is not that simple.