Sparse binary Pythagorean triples

The Endeavour 2025-02-11

Summary:

I recently ran across an interesting family of Pythagorean triples [1]. You can verify that a² + b² = c² for all n. Sparseness When written in binary, a has only two bits set, and c has only four bits set. It’s not as immediately obvious, but b has only two bits that are not […]

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Date tagged:

02/11/2025, 12:44

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02/11/2025, 08:00