Formulas For Generating Pythagorean Triples - Generating Triples Using A Square

Generating Triples Using A Square

Start with any square number . Express that number in the form ; then will produce another square such that . For instance:

Let ; then, and .

Let ; then, and .

This works because . If we add, our expression becomes, which factors into the form .

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