A120427 For each y >= 1 there are only finitely many values of x >= 1 such that x-y and x+y are both squares; list all such pairs (x,y) with gcd(x,y) = 1 ordered by values of y; sequence gives y values.
4, 8, 12, 12, 16, 20, 20, 24, 24, 28, 28, 32, 36, 36, 40, 40, 44, 44, 48, 48, 52, 52, 56, 56, 60, 60, 60, 60, 64, 68, 68, 72, 72, 76, 76, 80, 80, 84, 84, 84, 84, 88, 88, 92, 92, 96, 96, 100, 100, 104, 104, 108, 108, 112, 112, 116, 116, 120, 120, 120, 120, 124, 124, 128
Offset: 1
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Pairs are [5, 4], [17, 8], [13, 12], [37, 12], [65, 16], [29, 20], [101, 20], ... E.g., 5-4 = 1^2, 5+4 = 3^2.
References
- Lothar Selle, Kleines Handbuch Pythagoreische Zahlentripel, Books on Demand, 3rd impression 2022, chapter 2.3.1.
- Donald D. Spencer, Computers in Number Theory, Computer Science Press, Rockville MD, 1982, pp. 130-131.
Links
- D. N. Lehmer, Asymptotic evaluation of certain totient sums, Amer. J. Math. 22, 293-335, 1900.
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Corrected by Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 12 2007 and by Stephen Waldman (brogine(AT)gmail.com), Jun 09 2007
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