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A198459
Consider triples a<=b<c where (a^2+b^2-c^2)/(c-a-b) = 2, ordered by a and then b; sequence gives b values.
2
6, 4, 16, 10, 8, 30, 18, 14, 48, 12, 28, 70, 18, 40, 16, 30, 96, 25, 54, 22, 40, 126, 20, 33, 70, 160, 26, 42, 88, 24, 64, 198, 52, 108, 30, 78, 240, 28, 40, 63, 130, 54, 286, 34, 48, 75, 154, 32, 64, 110, 336, 88, 180, 38, 128, 390, 28, 36, 66, 102, 208, 448, 33, 42
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
See A198453 and A198457.
REFERENCES
A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, New York, 1964, pp. 104-134.
EXAMPLE
3*5 + 6*8 = 7*9
4*6 + 4*6 = 6*8
5*7 + 16*17 = 17*18
6*8 + 10*12 12*14
7*9 + 8*10 = 11*13
7*9 + 30*32 = 31*33
PROG
(True BASIC)
input k
for a = (abs(k)-k+4)/2 to 40
for b = a to (a^2+abs(k)*a+2)/2
let t = a*(a+k)+b*(b+k)
let c =int((-k+ (k^2+4*t)^.5)/2)
if c*(c+k)=t then print a; b; c,
next b
print
next a
end
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Charlie Marion, Nov 15 2011
STATUS
approved