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Pythagorean Triples And c Line Wallpaper

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Written By Adi Cox
29th June 2015
There are 16 primitive Pythagorean triples with
(3, 4, 5)
(5, 12, 13)
(8, 15, 17)
(20, 21, 29)
(12, 35, 37)
(9, 40, 41)
(11, 60, 61)
(16, 63, 65)
(33, 56, 65)
(13, 84, 85)
(36, 77, 85)
(39, 80, 89)

c <= 100:
(7, 24, 25)
(28, 45, 53)
(48, 55, 73)
(65, 72, 97)

c line wallpaper is where the we look to see where the checkered


areas of a triangle meet on the c line at points pn, where the c
line is the hypotenuse of the triangle.
We then checker out this line to give us the wallpaper symmetry with
another line that is perpndicular to the c line, this line is the d
line which is divided equally into integer points qn.
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(3, 4, 5) c line:

/
x|
xx|
/----|
|
c
x|
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/--------- b
|xxxx|
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/------------|xxxx|
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|xxxx|
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/----------------a

a^2 + b^2 = c^2


3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2
9 + 16 = 25

therefore line length c = (a^2 + b^2)^(1/2)


= (3^2 + 4^2)^(1/2)
= (9 + 16)^(1/2)
= 25^(1/2)
= 5
angle ac = arctan 4/3 = 53.13010235 degrees to 9. d.p.
= 0.927295218 radians to 9. d.p.

angle bc = arctan 3/4 = 36.86989765 degrees to 9. d.p.


= 0.643501109 radians to 9. d.p.
line length c = line lengths l0 + l1 + l2 + l3 + l4 + l5 + l6 = 5
zero length line l0 = 0/sin(arctan 4/3)
= 0/cos(arctan 4/3)
= 0
white line length l1 =
=
=
=

1/sin(arctan 4/3)
1.25
5/4
15/12

black line length l2 =


=
=
=

1/cos(arctan 4/3) - 1/sin(arctan 4/3)


1.'3' - 1.25
0.41'6'
5/12

white line length l3 =


=
=
=
=

2/sin(arctan 4/3) - 1/cos(arctan 4/3)


2.5 - (1.25 + 0.41'6')
0.8'3'
5/6
10/12

black line length l4 =


=
=
=
=

2/cos(arctan 4/3) - 2/sin(arctan 4/3)


3.'3' - 2.5
0.8'3'
5/6
10/12

white line length l6 =


=
=
=

3/sin(arctan 4/3) - 2/cos(arctan 4/3)


3.75 - 3.'3'
0.41'6'
5/12

black line length l6 =


=
=
=
=

3/cos(arctan 4/3) - 3/sin(arctan 4/3)


5 - 3.75
1.25
5/4
15/12

Below is a c line representation of the pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5)


where:
white line is ------black line is _______
-------------_____---------_________-----_____________
Below is a c line wallpaper. The c line is horizontal and is divided
up into points pn. Line d is the vertical line which is divided up
equally at points qn. This gives a wallpaper symmetry representation
of the pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5) which has the highest rotation
order of 2. It has no reflection only glide reflections in two
directions and so we have the wallpaper symmetry of p2gg.

|<--------------------- 5 ------------------------->|
|<--15/12--->|5/12|<10/12->|<10/12->|5/12|<--15/12--->|
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------------------------------------------------------p0
p1
p2
p3
p4 p5
p6
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

q5 = 5

q4 = 4

q3 = 3

q2 = 2

q1 = 1

q0 = 0

|<--------------------- 5 ------------------------->|
|<--15/12--->|5/12|<10/12->|<10/12->|5/12|<--15/12--->|
p0
p1
p2
p3
p4
p5
p6

=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0/12
15/12
20/12
30/12
40/12
45/12
60/12

=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0
1.25
1.'6'
2.5
3.'3'
3.75
5

So (p,q) are the point coordinates of the wallpaper symmetry of p2gg


when the c line represents the pythagorean triple:
(3, 4, 5) = (a, b, c)

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(5, 12, 13) c line:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2


25 + 144 = 169

therefore line length c = (a^2 + b^2)^(1/2)


= (5^2 + 12^2)^(1/2)
= (25 + 144)^(1/2)
= 169^(1/2)
= 13
angle ac = arctan 12/5 = 67.38013505 degrees to 9. d.p.
= 1.176005207 radians to 9. d.p.
angle bc = arctan 5/12 = 22.61986495 degrees to 9. d.p.
= 0.394791120 radians to 9. d.p.

n/sin(arctan 12/5)
1 = 1.08'3'
2 = 2.1'6'
3 = 3.25
4 = 4.'3'
5 = 5.41'6'
6 = 6.5
7 = 7.58'3'
8 = 8.'6'
9 = 9.75
10 = 10.8'3'
11 = 11.91'6'
12 = 13
n/cos(arctan 12/5)
1
2
3
4
5

=
=
=
=
=

2.6
5.2
7.8
10.4
13

There are a + b pn points. Where a = 5, b = 12, we have 17 pn


points, from 0 to 16.
pn

order of size:

p0

0/sin(arctan 12/5) = 0

= 000/60 = 0

p0

0/cos(arctan 12/5) = 0

= 000/60 = 0

p1
p2

1/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13/12


2/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13/6

= 065/60 = 1.08'3'
= 130/60 = 2.1'6'

p3

1/cos(arctan 12/5) = 13/5

= 156/60 = 2.6

p4
p5

3/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13/4


4/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13/3

= 195/60 = 3.25
= 260/60 = 4.'3'

p6

2/cos(arctan 12/5) = 26/5

= 312/60 = 5.2

p7
p8
p9

5/sin(arctan 12/5) = 65/12


6/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13/2
7/sin(arctan 12/5) = 91/12

= 325/60 = 5.41'6'
= 390/60 = 6.5
= 455/60 = 7.58'3'

p10

3/cos(arctan 12/5) = 39/5

= 468/60 = 7.8

p11
p12

8/sin(arctan 12/5) = 26/3


9/sin(arctan 12/5) = 39/4

= 520/60 = 8.'6'
= 585/60 = 9.75

p13

4/cos(arctan 12/5) = 52/5

= 624/60 = 10.4

p14
p15

10/sin(arctan 12/5) = 65/6 = 650/60 = 10.8'3'


11/sin(arctan 12/5) = 143/12 = 715/60 = 11.91'6'

p16

5/cos(arctan 12/5) = 13

= 780/60 = 13

p16

12/sin(arctan 12/5) = 13

= 780/60 = 13

line length c = line lengths l0 + l1 + l2 + ... + l(a+b-1)


where a = 5, b = 12,
from p0 to p0
zero line length l00 =
=
=
=

0/sin(arctan 12/5)
0/cos(arctan 12/5)
0/60
0

from p0 to p1
white line length l01 =
=
=
=

1/sin(arctan 12/5)
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p1 to p2
black line length l02 =
=
=
=
=

2/sin(arctan 12/5) - 1/sin(arctan 12/5)


2.1'6' - 1.08'3'
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p2 to p3
white line length l03 =
=
=
=
=

1/cos(arctan 12/5) - 2/sin(arctan 12/5)


2.6 - 2.1'6'
0.4'3'
13/30
26/60

from p3 to p4
black line length l04 =
=
=
=
=

3/sin(arctan 12/5) - 1/cos(arctan 12/5)


3.25 - 2.6
0.65
13/20
39/60

from p4 to p5
white line length l05 =
=
=
=
=

4/sin(arctan 12/5) - 3/sin(arctan 12/5)


4.'3' - 2.1'6'
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p5 to p6
black line length l06 =
=
=
=
=

2/cos(arctan 12/5) - 4/sin(arctan 12/5)


5.2 - 4.'3'
0.8'6'
13/15
52/60

from p6 to p7
white line length l07 =
=
=
=

5/sin(arctan 12/5) - 2/cos(arctan 12/5)


5.41'6' - 5.2
0.21'6'
13/60

from p7 to p8
black line length l08 =
=
=
=
=

6/sin(arctan 12/5) - 5/sin(arctan 12/5)


6.5 - 5.41'6'
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p8 to p9
white line length l09 =
=
=
=
=

7/sin(arctan 12/5) - 6/sin(arctan 12/5)


7.58'3' - 6.5
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p9 to p10
black line length l10 =
=
=
=

3/cos(arctan 12/5) - 7/sin(arctan 12/5)


7.8 - 5.58'3'
0.21'6'
13/60

from p10 to p11


white line length l11 =
=
=
=
=

8/sin(arctan 12/5) - 3/cos(arctan 12/5) 8.'6' - 7.8


0.8'6'
13/15
52/60

from p11 to p12


black line length l12 = 9/sin(arctan 12/5) - 8/sin(arctan 12/5)
= 9.75 - 8.'6'
= 1.08'3'

= 13/12
= 65/60
from p12 to p13
white line length l13 =
=
=
=
=

4/cos(arctan 12/5) - 9/sin(arctan 12/5)


10.4 - 9.75
0.65
13/20
39/60

from p13 to p14


black line length l14 =
=
=
=
=

10/sin(arctan 12/5) - 4/cos(arctan 12/5)


10.8'3' - 10.4
0.4'3'
13/30
26/60

from p14 to p15


white line length l15 =
=
=
=
=

11/sin(arctan 12/5) - 10/sin(arctan 12/5)


11.91'6' - 10.8'3'
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

from p15 to p16


black line length l16 =
=
=
=
=

12/sin(arctan 12/5) - 11/sin(arctan 12/5)


13 - 11.91'6'
1.08'3'
13/12
65/60

q0 q1 q2 q3 q4 q5 q6 q7 q8 q9 q10 q11 q12 q13 q14


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
p00 65/60
p01 65/60
p02 26/60
p03 39/60
p04 65/60
p05 52/60
p06 13/60
p07 65/60
p08 65/60
p09 13/60
p10 52/60

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....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb

p11 65/60
p12 39/60
p13 26/60
p14 65/60
p15 65/60
p16 00/60

....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb
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bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....bbbb....

From the above really bad image that we have got from (5, 12, 13) we
have wallpaper symmetry p2gg which is the same wallpaper symmetry as
for (3, 4, 5).
Do all the pythagorian triples give us p2gg?

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