Pythagorean Primitives

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Sujet : Pythagorean Primitives
De : qnivq.ragjvfgyr (at) *nospam* ogvagrearg.pbz (David Entwistle)
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Date : 20. Jun 2025, 09:11:10
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I hope this question is clear. If not, please suggest a change to make the
intention clearer (assuming you can work the intention out)...

Most of us are familiar with the (3, 4, 5) right-triangle. 5 is the
smallest integer hypotenuse which supports two other sides of a right-
triangle with integer length. There are many other right-triangles with
integer sides, such as: (5, 12, 13) and (8, 15, 17). These triples are
considered primitive as the terms do not share a common factor.

On the other hand, although (6, 8, 10) is a right-triangle, it is NOT
primitive as the elements share a common factor, 2.

Can you find the first four terms in the series where a(n) is the least
hypotenuse of which 2^(n-1) Pythagorean triples are primitive? So, 5 is
the smallest and supports one triple. Can you find a hypotenuse that
supports two discrete primitive Pythagorean triples, four and eight?

Good luck.
--
David Entwistle

Date Sujet#  Auteur
20 Jun 25 * Pythagorean Primitives9David Entwistle
20 Jun 25 +* Re: Pythagorean Primitives5IlanMayer
20 Jun 25 i`* Re: Pythagorean Primitives4David Entwistle
25 Jun19:05 i `* Re: Pythagorean Primitives3Gareth Taylor
27 Jun01:20 i  +- Re: Pythagorean Primitives1Mike Terry
27 Jun08:33 i  `- Re: Pythagorean Primitives1David Entwistle
20 Jun 25 +- Re: Pythagorean Primitives1David Entwistle
21 Jun 25 +- Re: Pythagorean Primitives1David Entwistle
26 Jun21:08 `- Re: Pythagorean Primitives1Gareth Taylor

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