in reply to Re: pythagorean triples
in thread pythagorean triples
True, but it's fairly easy to filter out the non-primitives.
If m and n are both even, skip (a, b, and c will all be divisible by two).
If m and n are both odd, skip (a, b, and c will all be divisible by two).
If m and n have a divisor in common (e.g., GCD{12,3} != 1) skip (a, b, and c will have that factor in common).
The first case can be wrapped up in third case (actually, it can be wrapped up in the second case too), but I find that it makes things clearer to separate them out.
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Re^3: pythagorean triples
by jgamble (Pilgrim) on Apr 25, 2006 at 04:23 UTC |
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