A280679 The radii (a, b, c) of three primitive mutually tangent circles all touching the same straight line, with a > b > c.
36, 9, 4, 144, 16, 9, 225, 100, 36, 400, 25, 16, 784, 441, 144, 900, 36, 25, 1225, 196, 100, 1600, 576, 225, 1764, 49, 36, 2025, 1296, 400, 3136, 64, 49, 3969, 324, 196, 4356, 3025, 900, 4900, 900, 441, 5184, 81, 64, 5929, 1936, 784, 7056, 3600, 1225
Offset: 1
Links
- Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..3000
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Tangent Circles
Programs
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PARI
a280679(amax) = { my(L=List()); for(a=1, amax, for(b=1, a-1, c=(1/(1/a + 1/b))^2; if(type(c)=="t_INT" && gcd([a^2,b^2,c])==1, listput(L, [a^2,b^2,c]) ) ) ); Vec(L) } concat(a280679(100))
Formula
The first few triples are [36, 9, 4], [144, 16, 9], [225, 100, 36], [400, 25, 16].