Set of natural numbers

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ThrowawayUsername
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Set of natural numbers

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1. Find a triple {a, b, c} of three distinct natural numbers (without zero) a, b and c with the following property:
a+b, a+c, b+c, a-b, a-c, b-c are all perfect squares.

2. Find an efficient method to generate all triples with the above property.

3. Find a quadruple, quintuple with the above property.
whatteaux
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Re: Set of natural numbers

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So you want someone to just hand you the answer to problem 142, do you?
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Re: Set of natural numbers

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Hint:
2i3j, 2k3 and 2m3n is 2max(i,k,m)3max(j,ℓ,n).
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