Stamps
Scott: 638 A161
Scott: 825 A297
James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States of America. While not a mathematician he is included here because in 1876 while a Congressman he was credited with finding an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. The proof is interesting in that unlike many proofs his proof did not use the squares of sides of a triangle, instead it uses a pair of identical triangles of sides a, b, and c along with an isosceles triangle with legs of length c to create a trapezoid.
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First Day Covers
| Stamp | Description |
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United States, 6c, 1926 Scott: 638 A161 |
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United States, 20c, 1938 Scott: 825 A297 |