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A306674
Number of distinct non-similar obtuse triangles with integer sides and length of largest side <= n.
4
0, 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, 14, 21, 31, 44, 59, 76, 98, 123, 153, 186, 224, 266, 314, 368, 426, 491, 562, 638, 723, 815, 915, 1021, 1135, 1258, 1388, 1528, 1677, 1836, 2006, 2183, 2372, 2569, 2780, 3002, 3233, 3476, 3731, 4000, 4282, 4574, 4880, 5198, 5531, 5879
OFFSET
1,4
EXAMPLE
For n=6, there are 9 integer-sided obtuse triangles with largest side <= n. These have sides {a, b, c} = {2, 2, 3}, {2, 3, 4}, {2, 4, 5}, {2, 5, 6}, {3, 3, 5}, {3, 4, 5}, {3, 4, 6}, {3, 5, 6}, {4, 4, 6}. But {4, 4, 6} is similar to {2, 2, 3} and is excluded from the list, so a(6) = 8.
MAPLE
#nType=1 for acute triangles, nType=2 for obtuse triangles, nType=0 for both triangles
CountTriangles := proc (n, nType := 1)
local aa, oo, a, b, c, tt, lAcute;
aa := {}; oo := {};
for a from n by -1 to 1 do for b from a by -1 to 1 do for c from b by -1 to 1 do
if a < b+c and abs(b-c) < a and b < c+a and abs(c-a) < b and c < a+b and abs(a-b) < c and gcd(a, gcd(b, c)) = 1 then
lAcute := evalb(0 < b^2+c^2-a^2);
tt := sort([a, b, c]);
if lAcute then aa := {op(aa), tt} else oo := {op(oo), tt} end if
end if
end do end do end do;
return sort(`if`(nType = 1, aa, `if`(nType=2, oo, `union`(aa, oo))))
end proc
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
César Eliud Lozada, Mar 04 2019
STATUS
approved