F.33 Euclidean (m, n) Generators — Folios

Archival manuscript scans and diplomatic transcriptions from seelig’s notebooks for F.33 (Euclidean (m, n) Generators) (SeeligNotebooks).

Folio 0223 (Page 1 of 1): Euclidean (m, n) Pythagorean Triple Table

[Folio 0223]
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Folio 0223 (original scan 0223.jpg) from resources/seelig/33_m-n.

Diplomatic Mathematical & Geometric Transcription

Diplomatic Transcription — Folio 0223 (0223.jpg, Sheet 1 of 1):

Tabulates \((m, n, m^2-n^2, 2mn, m^2+n^2)\) for 11 coprime pairs of opposite parity from \((2,1)\mapsto(3,4,5)\) to \((7,6)\mapsto(13,84,85)\).

\[a = m^2 - n^2, \qquad b = 2 m n, \qquad c = m^2 + n^2, \qquad a^2 + b^2 = (m^2 + n^2)^2 = c^2\]

Editorial & Symbolic Notes

Archival scan 0223.jpg from Fred W. Seelig’s notebook dossier on F.33 Euclidean (m, n) Generators (Page 1 of 1). Companion OpenDocument worksheet(s): Pythagorean Triples, Right Triangle. Classical Euclidean foundations: I.47, X.29.