Primitive Pythagorean Triples 1: Scatter Plot
Primitive Pythagorean Triples 1: Scatter Plot
This Demonstration plots primitive Pythagorean triples (PPTs) to make lovely, interesting patterns in the - plane. The details provide definitions to classify all triples that are solutions of the Pythagorean formula =+ in integers. The 2D plot shows integer points that satisfy this equation for some integer .
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