A198387 Common differences in triples of squares in arithmetic progression.

24, 96, 120, 216, 240, 384, 336, 480, 600, 840, 864, 960, 840, 1176, 720, 1080, 1536, 1344, 1944, 1920, 2160, 2400, 1320, 2520, 2904, 2016, 3360, 3456, 3000, 3696, 4056, 3840, 3024, 3360, 2184, 4704, 2880, 4320, 5280, 5400, 6144, 5544, 6000, 6936, 6240, 5880

Offset: 1

Author

Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 24 2011

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Ray Chandler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Keith Conrad, Arithmetic progressions of three squares
• Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of initial values

Programs

Haskell

a198387 n = a198387_list !! (n-1)
a198387_list = zipWith (-) a198385_list a198384_list

Mathematica

wmax = 1000;
triples[w_] := Reap[Module[{u, v}, For[u = 1, u < w, u++, If[IntegerQ[v = Sqrt[(u^2 + w^2)/2]], Sow[{u^2, v^2, w^2}]]]]][[2]];
#[[2]] - #[[1]]& /@ Flatten[DeleteCases[triples /@ Range[wmax], {}] , 2] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 21 2021 *)

Formula

a(n) = A198385(n) - A198384(n) = A198386(n) - A198385(n).

A198438(n) = a(A198409(n)).