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A problem of Ozanam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Andrew Bremner
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1804, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

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A problem posed in the early eighteenth century asks for right-angled triangles, each of whose sides exceeds double the area by a perfect square. We summarize known results and find such triangles with the smallest possible standard generators.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2009