(In reply to
thoughts by Charlie)
I neglected the possibility that Z might be exactly -Y, allowing for zero as a perfect square.
Each line shows X, Y and Z, with the line after showing the resulting squares, for X under 1000, showing the smallest set as [17,8,-8], with a total of 17:
17 8 -8
25 0 9 9 16 25
68 32 -32
100 0 36 36 64 100
82 18 -18
100 0 64 64 36 100
97 72 -72
169 0 25 25 144 169
153 72 -72
225 0 81 81 144 225
257 32 -32
289 0 225 225 64 289
272 128 -128
400 0 144 144 256 400
328 72 -72
400 0 256 256 144 400
337 288 -288
625 0 49 49 576 625
388 288 -288
676 0 100 100 576 676
425 200 -200
625 0 225 225 400 625
612 288 -288
900 0 324 324 576 900
626 50 -50
676 0 576 576 100 676
641 200 -200
841 0 441 441 400 841
706 450 -450
1156 0 256 256 900 1156
738 162 -162
900 0 576 576 324 900
833 392 -392
1225 0 441 441 784 1225
873 648 -648
1521 0 225 225 1296 1521
881 800 -800
1681 0 81 81 1600 1681
Edited on June 2, 2012, 1:58 pm
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Posted by Charlie
on 2012-06-02 13:48:42 |