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Pythagorean Triples #3 (Posted on 2024-02-28) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Find two Pythagorean right triples A,B,C and D,E,F such that A=D and B=F, where C and F are the length of the two hypotenuses, with A ≤ B < C and, D ≤ E < F

If that is impossible, then find a pair such that A=D and abs(B-F) is minimum.

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Find two Pythagorean right triples A,B,C and D,E,F such that A=D and B=F, where C and F are the length of the two hypotenuses,

The required triples do not exist.

Simplifying the given expressions as indicated by the problem: A^2+E^2=B^2, A^2+B^2=C^2.

Canonically, the parts of a pythagorean triple (PT) can be analysed as:
 (u^2-v^2)^2+ (2uv)^2= (u^2+v^2)^2

Let A=u^2-v^2, E=2uv (or vice versa); then B=u^2+v^2, for some u,v.

Then (u^2-v^2)^2+(u^2+v^2)^2=C^2, so C^2=2(u^4+v^4)
But (u^4+v^4)=((u^2)^2+(v^2)^2), so there would exist another PT, with hypotenuse((u^2)^2+(v^2)^2), exactly half C^2, which is impossible, since no square can be twice the size of another.



Edited on February 28, 2024, 11:37 pm
  Posted by broll on 2024-02-28 23:26:54

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