## Involve: A Journal of Mathematics

• Involve
• Volume 6, Number 1 (2013), 13-24.

### The group of primitive almost pythagorean triples

#### Abstract

We consider the triples of integer numbers that are solutions of the equation $x2+qy2=z2$, where $q$ is a fixed, square-free arbitrary positive integer. The set of equivalence classes of these triples forms an abelian group under the operation coming from complex multiplication. We investigate the algebraic structure of this group and describe all generators for each $q∈{2,3,5,6}$. We also show that if the group has a generator with the third coordinate being a power of 2, such generator is unique up to multiplication by $±1$.

#### Article information

Source
Involve, Volume 6, Number 1 (2013), 13-24.

Dates
Revised: 29 March 2012
Accepted: 29 April 2012
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513733553

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/involve.2013.6.13

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3072746

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1279.11030

#### Citation

Krylov, Nikolai; Kulzer, Lindsay. The group of primitive almost pythagorean triples. Involve 6 (2013), no. 1, 13--24. doi:10.2140/involve.2013.6.13. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513733553

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