OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Numbers of the form x^2 - 2*y^2, where x is odd and x and y are relatively prime. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 24 2011
Consider primitive Pythagorean triangles (a^2 + b^2 = c^2, gcd(a, b) = 1, a <= b); sequence gives values b-a, sorted with duplicates removed; terms > 1 in sequence give values of a + b, sorted. (See A046086 and A046087.)
Ordered set of (semiperimeter + radius of largest inscribed circle) of all primitive Pythagorean triangles. Semiperimeter of Pythagorean triangle + radius of largest circle inscribed in triangle = ((a+b+c)/2) + ((a+b-c)/2) = a + b.
The terms of this sequence are all of the form 6*N +- 1, since the prime divisors are, and numbers of this form are closed under multiplication. In fact, all terms are == 1, 7, 17, or 23 (mod 24). - J. T. Harrison (harrison_uk_2000(AT)yahoo.co.uk), Apr 28 2009, edited by Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 24 2011
Is similar to A001132, but includes composites whose factors are in A001132. Can be generated in this manner.
Third side of primitive parallepipeds with square base; that is, integer solution of a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = d^2 with gcd(a,b,c) = 1 and b = c. - Carmine Suriano, May 03 2013
Other than -1, values of difference z-y that solve the Diophantine equation x^2 + y^2 = z^2 + 2. - Carmine Suriano, Jan 05 2015
For k > 1, k is in the sequence iff A330174(k) > 0. - Ray Chandler, Feb 26 2020
REFERENCES
B Berggren, Pytagoreiska trianglar. Tidskrift för elementär matematik, fysik och kemi, 17:129-139, 1934.
Olaf Delgado-Friedrichs and Michael O’Keeffe, Edge-transitive lattice nets, Acta Cryst. (2009). A65, 360-363.
LINKS
Ray Chandler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (first 1000 terms from T. D. Noe)
Johannes Boot, Draft English translation of B Berggren's (1934) article "Pytagoreiska Trianglar", ResearchGate 2017.
K. S. Brown, Pythagorean graphs.
O. Delgado-Friedrichs and M. O'Keeffe, Edge-transitive lattice nets, Acta Cryst. A, A65 (2009), 360-363.
B. Frénicle, Méthode pour trouver la solution des problèmes par les exclusions, 44 pages (see p. 31). In Divers ouvrages de mathematique .. Par Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, in-fol, 6+518+1PP, Paris, 1693. - Paul Curtz, Sep 06 2008
FORMULA
a(n) = |A-B|=|j^2-2*k^2|, j=(2*n-1), k,n in N, GCD(j,k)=1, the absolute difference between primitive Pythagorean triple legs (sides adjacent to the right angle). - Roger M Ellingson, Dec 09 2023
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[500], Union[Abs[Mod[Transpose[FactorInteger[#]][[1]], 8, -1]]] == {1} &] (* T. D. Noe, Feb 07 2012 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a058529 n = a058529_list !! (n-1)
a058529_list = filter (\x -> all (`elem` (takeWhile (<= x) a001132_list))
$ a027748_row x) [1..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 29 2013
(PARI) is(n)=my(f=factor(n)[, 1]%8); for(i=1, #f, if(f[i]!=1 && f[i]!=7, return(0))); 1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 01 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nice,nonn
AUTHOR
William Bagby (bagsbee(AT)aol.com), Dec 24 2000
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Naohiro Nomoto, Jul 02 2001
Edited by Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 24 2011
Duplicated comment removed and name rewritten by Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 17 2015
STATUS
approved