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Metric properties in Berggren tree of primitive Pythagorean triples

Number Theory 2023-04-12 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

A Pythagorean triple is a triple of positive integers (x,y,z)(x,y,z) such that x2+y2=z2x^2+y^2=z^2. If x,yx,y are coprime and xx is odd, then it is called a primitive Pythagorean triple. Berggren showed that every primitive Pythagorean triple can be generated from triple (3,4,5)(3,4,5) using multiplication by uniquely number and order of three 3×33\times3 matrices, which yields a ternary tree of triplets. In this paper, we present some metric properties of triples in Berggren tree. Firstly, we consider primitive Pythagorean triple as lengths of sides of right triangles and secondly, we consider them as coordinates of points in three-dimensional space.

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@article{arxiv.2304.05230,
  title  = {Metric properties in Berggren tree of primitive Pythagorean triples},
  author = {Lucia Janičková and Evelin Csókási},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.05230},
  year   = {2023}
}

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