Why 3 and 5 are always factors of primitive Pythagorean triples

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2010.510219zbMath1273.97016OpenAlexW2168877705WikidataQ99705050 ScholiaQ99705050MaRDI QIDQ3069686

Jean Valerie Leyendekkers, Anthony Shannon

Publication date: 19 January 2011

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2010.510219

zbMATH Keywords

Pythagorean tripletriangular numberpentagonal number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations (11D09) Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60)

Cites Work

• A Note on twin primes and the modular ring Z 6
• Arrowhead curves in a tree of Pythagorean triples

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