Bowen Kerins and the High School Teachers Program Group of the Park City Mathematics Institute

May 2003, Volume 96, Issue 5, Page 350

Abstract:
This article presents the topics explored by a group of teachers at the Park City Math Institute in July 2002. The teachers found a new geometric proof of a theorem about the multiplication of complex numbers. Other related topics include generating Pythagorean triples, and presents a method teachers can use to build Heron triangles that have "nice" numbers for its sines, cosines, side lengths, and area.

Classification:
Problem Solving

Additional Keywords:
Problem Solving