Abstract
The authors explore the connections between prime factorizations and primitive Pythagorean triples, investigating special cases of primitive triangles in order to predict when hypotenuse lengths produce more than one distinct triangle. The authors discuss the usefulness of the method in secondary school classrooms.
How to Cite
Wood, T. & Odom, J., (2018) “Primes, Primitives, and Pythagoras”, Ohio Journal of School Mathematics 80(1), 20--28. doi: https://doi.org/10.18061/ojsm.4106
Rights
Taylor Wood, Jenna Odom