The Group of Primitive Almost Pythagorean Triples

Nikolai A. Krylov; Lindsay M. Kulzer

The Group of Primitive Almost Pythagorean Triples

Number Theory 2012-05-10 v2 Group Theory

Authors: Nikolai A. Krylov , Lindsay M. Kulzer

Abstract

We consider the triples of integer numbers that are solutions of the equation $x^2+qy^2=z^2$ , where $q$ is a fixed, square-free arbitrary positive integer. The set of equivalence classes of these triples forms an abelian group under the operation coming from complex multiplication. We investigate the algebraic structure of this group and give a complete analysis when $q\in\{2,3,5,6\}$ .

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number theory abelian groups finite fields

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@article{arxiv.1107.2860,
  title  = {The Group of Primitive Almost Pythagorean Triples},
  author = {Nikolai A. Krylov and Lindsay M. Kulzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2860},
  year   = {2012}
}

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This is the version which will be published in Involve, a Journal of Mathematics. The reference list was extended and several remarks and comments reflecting the appearance of the new references were added to the main text

The Group of Primitive Almost Pythagorean Triples

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