The Most Elegant Pythagorean Theorem Proof Ever ✨

In this short, we show perhaps the greatest pythagorean theorem proof using negative space/sliding rectangles/Chou pei suan ching.

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For longer videos with related animations, see
Pythagorean Theorem: https://youtu.be/o2mbN452ywA (and old version: https://youtu.be/yfGtbNgcrQ8)

This proof is adapted from the Chou pei suan ching (around 200 BCE according to Roger Nelsen and can be found in Roger Nelsen's first compendium, "Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking: https://bookstore.ams.org/view?ProductCode=CLRM/1 .

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