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The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James
The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James
and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the  
and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the  
square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. """Because of its similarity to  
square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. '''Because of its similarity to the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the Pythagorean theorem'''.
the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the  
Pythagorean theorem""". -  Årron Schatz NYTimes, Jan. 23, 2005.
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P.S.  Norton Star sent us this picture observed by a student  Tosin while walking in New York.  Evidently New Yorkers are determined to not forget the quadradic formual:
P.S.  Norton Star provided this picture observed by a student  Tosin while walking in New York.  Evidently New Yorkers are determined to not forget the quadradic formual!


<center>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/wikivideos/quadformula.jpg</center>
<center>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/wikivideos/quadformula.jpg</center>


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Revision as of 17:53, 9 May 2005

As the stakes increase, Prime-Number theory Moves Closer to Proof
Wall Street Journal, Science Journal, April 8. 2005
Sharon Begley

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/wikividios/primeWSJ.jpg

Follow the points to find a Super Bowl champ
New York Times, 223 January, 2005, p 11
Aaron Schatz

The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. Because of its similarity to the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the Pythagorean theorem.

P.S. Norton Star provided this picture observed by a student Tosin while walking in New York. Evidently New Yorkers are determined to not forget the quadradic formual!

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/wikivideos/quadformula.jpg