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Python code for generating Pythagorean triples with given perimeter
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def gen_pythagorean_triple(p, primitive=True): | |
mlimit = int((p/2)**0.5)+1 | |
for m in range(2, mlimit): | |
if (p//2) % m == 0: | |
if m % 2 == 0: | |
k = m + 1 | |
else: | |
k = m + 2 | |
while k < 2*m and k <= p // (2*m): | |
if p // (2*m) % k == 0 and gcd(k, m) == 1: | |
d = 1 if primitive else p // 2 // (k*m) | |
n = k - m | |
a = d*(m*m - n*n) | |
b = 2*d*m*n | |
c = d*(m*m + n*n) | |
if a+b+c == p: yield a, b, c | |
k += 2 |
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