A polynomial analogue of Berggren's theorem on Pythagorean triples
Number Theory
2023-10-04 v1
Abstract
Say that is a positive primitive integral Pythagorean triple if are positive integers without common factors satisfying . An old theorem of Berggren gives three integral invertible linear transformations whose semi-group actions on and generate all positive primitive Pythagorean triples in a unique manner. We establish an analogue of Berggren's theorem in the context of a one-variable polynomial ring over a field of characteristic . As its corollaries, we obtain some structure theorems regarding the orthogonal group with respect to the Pythagorean quadratic form over the polynomial ring.
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@article{arxiv.2310.02144,
title = {A polynomial analogue of Berggren's theorem on Pythagorean triples},
author = {Byungchul Cha and Ricardo Conceição},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.02144},
year = {2023}
}
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A version of this paper will appear in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society