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It's one of those theorems that is surprising at first.
 
It's one of those theorems that is surprising at first.
When I saw the proof of it I was pretty amazed. See image [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Pythagorean_proof_(1).svg here].
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When I saw the proof of it I was pretty amazed. There's an image of it [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Pythagorean_proof_(1).svg here].
  
If I couldn't choose that one, I would probably choose the four color theorem, because I think it's kind of interesting since it's something people can relate to, and it's an interesting graph theory problem.
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If I couldn't choose that one, I would probably choose the four color theorem, since it's pretty easy to understand.

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My favorite theorem is the Pythagorean Theorem. It is much better than EVAN'S FAVORITE THEOREM_MA375Fall2008walther.

(No seriously, I chose it before looking at his page) --

Here it is $ a^2+b^2=c^2 $

It's one of those theorems that is surprising at first. When I saw the proof of it I was pretty amazed. There's an image of it here.

If I couldn't choose that one, I would probably choose the four color theorem, since it's pretty easy to understand.

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