OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The definition can be generalized to define Pythagorean k-triples a<=b<c where (a^2+b^2-c^2)/(c-a-b)=k, or where for some integer k, a(a+k) + b(b+k) = c(c+k).
If a, b and c form a Pythagorean k-triple, then na, nb and nc form a Pythagorean nk-triple.
A triangle is defined to be a Pythagorean k-triangle if its sides form a Pythagorean k-triple.
If a, b and c are the sides of a Pythagorean k-triangle ABC with a<=b<c, then cos(C) = -k/(a+b+c+k) which proves that such triangles must be obtuse when k>0 and acute when k<0. When k=0, the triangles are Pythagorean, as in the Beiler reference and Ron Knottās link.
For all k, the area of a Pythagorean k-triangle ABC with a<=b<c equals sqrt((2ab)^2-(k(a+b-c))^2))/4.
Define a Pythagorean k-triple <a,b,c> to be primitive if and only if there are no integers r>1, s>0 such that <a,b,c> = <rd,re,rf> for some Pythagorean s-triple <d,e,f>. Thus, every Pythagorean 1-triple is primitive. For every k>1, the set of Pythagorean k-triples contains some non-primitive triples.
In particular, for d a proper divisor of k, it includes (k/d)*(a,b,c), where (a,b,c) is a Pythagorean d-triple. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 01 2011
REFERENCES
A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, New York, 1964, pp. 104-134.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
2*3 + 2*3 = 3*4
3*4 + 5*6 = 6*7
4*5 + 9*10 = 10*11
5*6 + 6*7 = 8*9
5*6 + 14*15 = 15*16
6*7 + 9*10 = 11*12
PROG
(True BASIC)
input k
for a = (abs(k)-k+4)/2 to 40
for b = a to (a^2+abs(k)*a+2)/2
let t = a*(a+k)+b*(b+k)
let c =int((-k+ (k^2+4*t)^.5)/2)
if c*(c+k)=t then print a; b; c,
next b
print
next a
end
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Charlie Marion, Oct 25 2011
STATUS
approved