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Hello my friends. I have a problem for you today.the reciperocal pythagorean identity


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Hello my friends. I have a problem for you today.
the reciperocal pythagorean identity is the equation:

1/(a^2) + 1/(b^2) = 1/(c^2)

Try finding the smallest solution for positive integers, basically the smallest sum of the numbers a,b, and c.


No cheating! The answers of course can be found, but a rigourous method for finding it is the challenge. Any monkey could make a code or guess and check it.
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>>7587160
Please go away and do your homework yourself.
Really, it's not even that hard. Just literally check Wikipedia.
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>>7587170
This is certainly not my homework, it was a problem for a math competition I supervised.
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>>7587160
a=0
b=0
c=0
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>>7587176
I am sorry but 0 is not a positive integer nor is this a solution set for this equation.
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>>7587178
a=1
b=1
c=1
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>>7587179
If you plug that into the equation, you will get 2 = 1
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I will give a hint and say that a set of valid (a,b) values must follow
sqroot(a^2 + b^2) = z
Where z is some positive integer.
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1/15^2+1/20^2=1/12^2
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>>7587194
Congratulations, but as I said in the OP, this is not the challenge of the question. A general solution is what is difficult to find, finding the first solution is just a question to guide you.
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>>7587210
a^-2+b^-2 = c^-2
is equivalent to
ab/sqrt(a^2+b^2) = c
since sqrt(a^2+b^2) is an integer,
a,b,sqrt(a^2+b^2) is a pythagorean triplet
so we need to find a pythagorean triplet (x,y,z) that satisfies
xy | z
we can get that by just taking any triplet (x,y,z) and multiplying it by z, since
(xz)^2+(yz)^2 = z^4
still holds and
(xzyz)/z^2=xy

the smallest pythagorean triplet is 3^2+4^2=5^2
so the smallest solution to your problem is
a = 3*5, b=4*5, c=5*5
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>>7587360
oops, i meant c = (3*5)(4*5)/(5*5)=12
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>>7587360
nice
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>>7587360
Excellent job
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