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Pythagorean triangles within Pythagorean triangles

Konstantine Zelator
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In this work, we investigate the following question. Given a Pythagorean triangle BCA, with the right angle at C, let P be a point on the hupotenuse BA; and let D and E be the perpendicular projections of the point P onto the sides BC and CA respectively.When is either of the right triangles BDP and PEA Pythagorean? As it turns out, according to Theorem1, they are either both Pythagorean, or neither of them is.When they are both Pythagorean,a complete parametric description of these two triangles is given; in terms of the parameters that describe the Pythagorean triangle BCA. Later in the paper, we offer a complete analysis of three special cases:the case wherein the point P is the midpoint M of the hypotenuse BA; the case when P is the foot I of the 90 degree angle bisector;and the case in ehich the point P is the foot F of the perpendicular drawn from the vertex C to the hypotenuse. After that, some other cases are investigated as well.Specifically, we consider the case in which not only the triangles BDP and PEA are Pythagorean;but the four congruent right triangles DCP,DEP,DCE,and CEP,are Pythagorean as well.Precise conditions in order for this to occur, are given in Theorem7. Also,in Theorem 2, part(i), we show that if the triangle BCA is a primitive Pythagorean triangle, there exists no point P along the hypotenuse BA, for which both right triangles BDP and PEA are Pythagorean.

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Konstantine Zelator. 2010-07-29. Pythagorean triangles within Pythagorean triangles. https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5264

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