The Pythagorean triples (a, b | c) of planar geometry which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>=c<sup>2</sup> with integers (a, b, c) are generalized to 3D-Pythagorean ...The Pythagorean triples (a, b | c) of planar geometry which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>=c<sup>2</sup> with integers (a, b, c) are generalized to 3D-Pythagorean quadruples (a, b, c | d) of spatial geometry which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>+c<sup>2</sup>=d<sup>2</sup> with integers (a, b, c, d). Rules for a parametrization of the numbers (a, b, c, d) are derived and a list of all possible nonequivalent cases without common divisors up to d<sup>2</sup> is established. The 3D-Pythagorean quadruples are then generalized to 4D-Pythagorean quintuples (a, b, c, d | e) which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>+c<sup>2</sup>+d<sup>2</sup>=e<sup>2</sup> and a parametrization is derived. Relations to the 4-square identity are discussed which leads also to the N-dimensional case. The initial 3D- and 4D-Pythagorean numbers are explicitly calculated up to d<sup>2</sup>, respectively, e<sup>2</sup>.展开更多
文摘The Pythagorean triples (a, b | c) of planar geometry which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>=c<sup>2</sup> with integers (a, b, c) are generalized to 3D-Pythagorean quadruples (a, b, c | d) of spatial geometry which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>+c<sup>2</sup>=d<sup>2</sup> with integers (a, b, c, d). Rules for a parametrization of the numbers (a, b, c, d) are derived and a list of all possible nonequivalent cases without common divisors up to d<sup>2</sup> is established. The 3D-Pythagorean quadruples are then generalized to 4D-Pythagorean quintuples (a, b, c, d | e) which satisfy the equation a<sup>2</sup>+b<sup>2</sup>+c<sup>2</sup>+d<sup>2</sup>=e<sup>2</sup> and a parametrization is derived. Relations to the 4-square identity are discussed which leads also to the N-dimensional case. The initial 3D- and 4D-Pythagorean numbers are explicitly calculated up to d<sup>2</sup>, respectively, e<sup>2</sup>.
