Tag Archives: Pythagorean triples

The Theorem of Trithagoras; Pythagoras is for Squares. The MathsJam 2017 Five-minute Presentation.

Posted on January 13, 2018 by davescarthin

Mention Pythagoras and Pythagorean triangles spring to mind, but his theorem is really about the area of certain squares (regular polygons with four sides) and sums of their areas, which happens to relate to the sides of the aforesaid triangles. … Continue reading →

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Pythagorean Pairs of Pairs…and the Occasional Triplet of Pairs

Posted on June 8, 2015 by davescarthin

Here are small parts of two Serpentine Lattice Labyrinth tessellations. Though these two patterns look very different and the arrays of superlattice points (which we can take to be marked by the black squares) and symmetry axes are at different … Continue reading →

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Eine kleine Mathmusik : From Lattice Labyrinths via √-1 to Pythagorean Triples

Posted on February 22, 2015 by davescarthin

Since starting this blog I have made a point of “following” twitter accounts maintained by passionate mathematics teachers and many have paid me the complement of following me in return. It is time I thanked them/you for this complement by … Continue reading →

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