A009111 List of ordered areas of Pythagorean triangles.

6, 24, 30, 54, 60, 84, 96, 120, 150, 180, 210, 210, 216, 240, 270, 294, 330, 336, 384, 480, 486, 504, 540, 546, 600, 630, 720, 726, 750, 756, 840, 840, 840, 864, 924, 960, 990, 1014, 1080, 1176, 1224, 1320, 1320, 1344, 1350, 1386, 1470, 1500, 1536, 1560, 1620

Offset: 1

Author

David W. Wilson

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

All terms are divisible by 6.

Let k be even, k > 2, q = (k/2)^2 - 1, and b = (kq)/2. Then, for any k, b is a term of a(n). In other words, for any even k > 2, there is at least one such integer q > 2 that b = (kq)/2 and b is a term of a(n), while hypotenuse c = q + 2 (proved by Anton Mosunov). - Sergey Pavlov, Mar 02 2017

Let x be odd, x > 1, k == 0 (mod x), k > 0, y = (x-1)/2, q = ky + (ky/x), b = (kq)/2. Then b is a term of a(n), while hypotenuse c = q + k/x. As a special case of the above equation (k = x), for each odd k > 1 there exist such q and b that q = (k^2 - 1)/2, b = (kq)/2, and b is a term of a(n), while hypotenuse c = q + 1. - Sergey Pavlov, Mar 06 2017

Examples

			6 is in the sequence because it is the area of the 3-4-5 triangle.
		

References

• Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, The Queen of Mathematics Entertains, 2nd Ed., Chpt. XIV, "The Eternal Triangle", pp. 104-134, Dover Publ., NY, 1964.

Links

• T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
• Andrew Granville, Solution to Problem 90:07, Western Number Theory Problems, 1991-12-19 & 22, ed. R. K. Guy.
• Ron Knott, Pythagorean Triangles
• Supriya Mohanty and S. P. Mohanty, Pythagorean Numbers, Fibonacci Quarterly 28 (1990), 31-42.

Crossrefs

Cf. A009112, A024365.

Programs

Mathematica

t = {}; nn = 200; mx = Sqrt[2*nn - 1] (nn - 1)/2; Do[x = Sqrt[n^2 - d^2]; If[x > 0 && IntegerQ[x] && x > d && d*x/2 <= mx, AppendTo[t, d*x/2]], {n, nn}, {d, n - 1}]; t = Sort[t]; t (* T. D. Noe, Sep 23 2013 *)

Formula

Theorem: The number of pairs of integers a > b > 0 with ab(a^2-b^2) < n^2 is Cn + O(n^(2/3)) where C = (1/2)*Integral_{1..infinity} du/sqrt(u^3-u). [Granville] - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2008