A Matrix Method for Generating Pythagorean Triples
This article describes a program that uses an interesting matrix method to generate Pythagorean triples -that is, solutions of the equation a2 + b2 = c2 for which a, b, and c are integers. Only primitive triples are found, that is, those for which a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, and the greatest common divisor of a, b, and c is one. This result suffices because nonprimitive triples are just multiples of primitive ones. We shall use the abbreviation PPT for primitive Pythagorean triple.
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