Pythagorean chaos

1 · John Cook · Feb. 1, 2021, 12:23 a.m.
If a and b are two distinct positive integers, then min(a²-b²),  2ab,  a²+b² is a Pythagorean triple. The result still gives the sides of a right triangle if the starting points aren’t integers In [1], Nick Lord looks at what happens if you iterate this procedure, using the output of one step as the input […] The post Pythagorean chaos first appeared on John D. Cook....