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{{works with|Java|1.5+}}
This version brute forces primitive triple candidates and then scales them to find the rest (under the perimeter limit of course). Since it only finds the primitives mathematically it can optimize its candidates based on some of the properties [[wp:Pythagorean_triple#Elementary_properties_of_primitive_Pythagorean_triples|here]] -- namely that a and b have opposite evenness, only one of a and b is divisible by 3, only one of a and b is divisible by 4, c is always odd, and that a<sup>2</sup> + b<sup>2</sup> must be a perfect square (which [[wp:Square_number#Properties|don't ever end in 2, 3, 7, or 8]]).
It defines a <code>Triple</code> class which is comparable so it can be placed in a <code>
Note: this implementation also keeps all triples in memory. Be mindful of large perimeter limits.
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import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import static java.math.BigInteger.*;
public class PythTrip{
private static final BigInteger TWO = BigInteger.valueOf(2),
B3 = BigInteger.valueOf(3), B4 = BigInteger.valueOf(4),
B127 = BigInteger.valueOf(127), B191 = BigInteger.valueOf(191);
//change this to whatever perimeter limit you want;the RAM's the limit
private static BigInteger LIMIT = BigInteger.valueOf(100);
public static class Triple implements Comparable<Triple>{
BigInteger a, b,
boolean
public Triple(BigInteger a, BigInteger
this.a = a;
this.b = b;
this.c
this.prim = prim;
public Triple scale(long k){
return
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj){
Triple trip =
return a.equals(trip.a) && b.equals(trip.b) &&
if(!b.equals(o.b))
return b.compareTo(o.b);
if(!c.equals(o.c))
return c.compareTo(o.c);
return 0;
public String toString(){
return a + ", " + b + ", " + c +
}
private static Set<Triple> trips = new TreeSet<Triple>();
public static void addAllScales(Triple trip){
long k = 2;
Triple tripCopy = trip.scale(k++);
while(tripCopy.peri.compareTo(LIMIT) <= 0){
trips.add(tripCopy);
tripCopy = trip.scale(k++);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args){
long primCount = 0;
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
for(BigInteger a = B3; a.compareTo(peri3) < 0; a = a.add(ONE)){
BigInteger aa = a.multiply(a);
boolean amod3 = a.mod(B3).equals(ZERO);
boolean amod4 = a.mod(B4).equals(ZERO);
//b is the opposite evenness of a so increment by 2
for(BigInteger b = a.add(ONE); b.compareTo(peri2) < 0; b = b
continue;
//if a^2+b^2 isn't a perfect square, don't even test for c's
BigInteger aabb = aa.add(b.multiply(b));
if((aabb.and(B7).intValue() != 1)
&& (aabb.and(B31).intValue() != 4)
&& (aabb.and(B127).intValue() != 16)
&& (aabb.and(B191).intValue() != 0))
continue;
if(!a.gcd(b).equals(ONE))
continue;
BigInteger ab = a.add(b);
// c is always odd for primitives so if b is odd start at b+2
// otherwise
for(BigInteger c = b.add(b.testBit(0)
if(ab.add(c).compareTo(LIMIT) > 0) break;
int compare = aabb.compareTo(c.multiply(c));
// if a^2 + b^2 != c^2
if(compare < 0){
break;
}else if
Triple prim = new Triple(a, b, c, true);
if(trips.add(prim))
addAllScales(prim);
}
}
}
}
}
for(Triple trip : trips){
System.out.println(trip);
}
System.out.println("Runtime: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
System.out.println("Up to a perimeter of " + LIMIT + ", there are "
+ trips.size() + " triples, of which " + primCount
+ " are primitive.");
}
}</lang>
Output:
<pre>3, 4, 5 primitive
5, 12, 13 primitive
6, 8, 10
7, 24, 25 primitive
8, 15, 17 primitive
9, 12, 15
9, 40, 41 primitive
10, 24, 26
12, 16, 20
12, 35, 37 primitive
15, 20, 25
15, 36, 39
16, 30, 34
18, 24, 30
20, 21, 29 primitive
21, 28, 35
24, 32, 40
Up to a perimeter of 100, there are 17 triples, of which 7 are primitive.</pre>
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