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A problem of Ozanam
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2009
Abstract
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.
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- Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 37 - 44
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- Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2009
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