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The shapes and sizes of Pythagorean triangles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

P. Shiu
P. Shiu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Loughborough University of Technology
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We shall try to show that, in some well-defined sense, every right-angled triangle is ‘approximately similar’ to a Pythagorean triangle: and then we’ll ask how large the Pythagorean triangle must be.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 439 , March 1983 , pp. 33 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983 

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