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Re^2: pythagorean triples

by jgamble (Pilgrim)
on Apr 24, 2006 at 21:21 UTC ( [id://545395]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: pythagorean triples
in thread pythagorean triples

True, but it's fairly easy to filter out the non-primitives.

If m and n are both even, skip (a, b, and c will all be divisible by two).

If m and n are both odd, skip (a, b, and c will all be divisible by two).

If m and n have a divisor in common (e.g., GCD{12,3} != 1) skip (a, b, and c will have that factor in common).

The first case can be wrapped up in third case (actually, it can be wrapped up in the second case too), but I find that it makes things clearer to separate them out.

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Re^3: pythagorean triples
by jgamble (Pilgrim) on Apr 25, 2006 at 04:23 UTC

    The third case should of course have been written as:

    If m and n have a divisor in common (e.g., GCD{m,n} != 1) skip (a, b, and c will have that divisor in common).

    Sorry about that

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