Does All Odd Exist?

How many pythagorean triplets ( a , b , c ) (a, b, c) are there such that a , b a, b and c c are odd numbers?


The answer is 0.

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As a a is odd, we know that a 2 a^2 is odd too, so, if b b is odd too, a 2 + b 2 a^2+b^2 is the sum of two odd numbers, which is even. Therefore there are no pythagorean triplets with only odd numbers

Very nice problem. Keep it up.

Rishabh Sood - 5 years, 3 months ago

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Thank you, Rishabh :)

Hjalmar Orellana Soto - 5 years, 3 months ago
Conor Donovan
Feb 24, 2016

My way of doing it: If a and b are odd, let a=2n+1 and b=2m+1 where n and m are nonnegative integers. a^2+b^2=(2n+1)^2+(2m+1)^2 . =4n^2+4n+1+4m^2+4m+1 . =2[2n^2+2n+2m^2+2m+1] and this must clearly be an even integer.

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