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Computing Pythagorean Triples

General Mathematics 2023-07-07 v8

Abstract

Pythagorean triples are the positive integer solutions to the Pythagoras equation for right triangles, a2+b2 = c2. They have been studied for many years, many centuries in fact. In this short paper we present a method for computing Pythagorean triples in general, the first two cases of which go back at least to the early Pythagoreans (570-495 BCE), and to Plato (429-347 BCE). But the method has not been investigated as extensively as presented here. Several other approaches are also considered.

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@article{arxiv.2107.06891,
  title  = {Computing Pythagorean Triples},
  author = {James M. Parks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06891},
  year   = {2023}
}

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19 pages, 18 figures, 2 charts