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The Mobius Function and Congruent Numbers

General Mathematics 2020-07-01 v1

Abstract

This work provides a complete characterization of congruent numbers in terms of Pythagorean triples. Specifically, we show that every congruent number can be written as nm(mn)(m+n)σ2\frac{nm\left(m-n\right)\left(m+n\right)}{\sigma^2} were as σρ((mn)(m+n)),\indentor\indentσρ(nm)\sigma \vert \rho\biggl(\left(m-n\right)\left(m+n\right)\biggr),\indent \text{or} \indent \sigma \vert \rho( nm ) were ρ(α)\rho(\alpha) denotes the non-square free part of its argument α\alpha. As a consequence, in order to find congruent numbers it suffices to devise a condition so that the equality μ(mn)+1=gcd(m,n)\mu(m-n)+1 = \gcd(m,n) or μ(m+n)+1=gcd(m,n)\mu(m+n)+1 =\gcd(m,n) holds, were μ\mu is the Mobius function.

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@article{arxiv.2006.16760,
  title  = {The Mobius Function and Congruent Numbers},
  author = {Roy Burson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16760},
  year   = {2020}
}
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