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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 04:48, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Euclidean distance

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... that although Euclidean distance and the Pythagorean theorem are both ancient concepts, the Pythagorean formula for distance was not published until 1731? Source: Maor, The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, p. 134: "Strangely, this formula did not appear in print until 1731, when the French mathematician Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713-1765) published..."

Reviewed: Teresa Rodrigo

Improved to Good Article status by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 07:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

As a GA, the article is long enough, and WP:DYKcheck returns a length of 8939 characters. Earwig[1] gets stuck on spam websites, but the report is clean otherwise. Provided inline citation checks out. Joofjoof (talk) 08:42, 13 December 2020 (UTC)