Does there exist integers a , b , c = 0 satisfying a 2 + b 2 = c 2 , and a , b , c are in geometric progression ?
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Note that b = a k , c = a k 2 , so a 2 + b 2 = c 2 would be substituted to a 2 + k 2 a 2 = k 4 a 2 , not what you have written. Just a typo. :)
Yeah that's what I meant, I'll edit it.
The m , n formula can come in handy here.
If we take two non-negative integers i.e. m n
Then the Pythagorean triplets are m 2 − n 2 , m 2 + n 2 a n d 2 m n
And can be related to each other as ( m 2 − n 2 ) 2 + ( 2 m n ) 2 = ( m 2 + n 2 ) 2
Considering a = ( m 2 − n 2 ) , b = ( 2 m n ) a n d c = ( m 2 + n 2 ) Condition for geometric progression b 2 = a c , which will not be followed by the above mentioned value of a , b and c . Thus, the given statement is not possible.
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Suppose there does exist a pythagorean triple satisfying the property. Then let k be the common ratio.
a 2 + k 2 a 2 = k 4 a 2 ⟹ k 2 + 1 = k 4 so k 2 is the golden ratio ( ϕ ), and irrational which implies that k is irrational (You can prove this by contrapositive). A similar approach can be taken if k < 1 in which k 2 must equal ϕ − 1