Introduction to number theory lecture 44 Pythagorean triangles

Опубликовано: 05 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Richard E Borcherds
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This lecture is part of my Berkeley math 115 course "Introduction to number theory"
For the other lectures in the course see    • Introduction to number theory (Berkel...  

We apply the theory of binary quadratic forms to study pythagorean triangles with x^2 + y^2 = z^2

The textbook is "An introduction to the theory of numbers" by Niven, Zuckerman, and Montgomery (5th edition).