Plotting Pythagorean Triples
Plotting Pythagorean Triples
Pythagorean triples are sets of integer values for which the Pythagorean Theorem holds; that is, integer triples so that +=, where and are the legs of the triangle and the hypotenuse and the distance to the origin. See how the points are distributed in the plane.
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