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ERIC Number: EJ720449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0730-8639
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Geometric Construction of Pythagorean Triangles
Chandrupatla, Tirupathi R.; Osler, Thomas J.
Mathematics and Computer Education, v38 n1 p90-91 Win 2004
A right triangle with legs x and y and hypotenuse z in which x, y and z are all positive integers is called a Pythagorean triangle (PT) and the triple denoted by [x,y,z] is a Pythagorean triple. If x, y and z are all relatively prime (gcd is 1), then the triangle is called a primitive Pythagorean triangle (PPT) and the tripe a primitive Pythagorean triple. It is assumed that for any two positive integers m and n, with n [is less than] m, the three numbers x=2mn, y=m[squared] - n[squared], and z=m[squared] + n[squared] form a Pythagorean triple. It is the purpose of this short note to show how the PT can be constructed from the parameters m and n.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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