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84.01 A portrayal of right-angled triangles which generate rectangles with sides in integral ratio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

I. Grattan-Guinness
I. Grattan-Guinness*
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Middlesex University, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SF email: ivor2@mdx.ac.uk
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 84 , Issue 499 , March 2000 , pp. 66 - 69
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2000

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