EPISODE · Mar 25, 2026 · 20 MIN
Pythagorean Triples and Some New Conjectures
from The Art of Mathematics · host Carol Jacoby
Ben Cornish, host of The Mathematicians Podcast, discusses Pythagorean triples, integers that can be the sides of a right triangle. There are infinitely many primitive triples, as he proves. This concept has been around even before Pythagoras and across cultures. Yet, there are always new questions to ask. Answering one involves, surprisingly, complex numbers. We leave you with an open conjecture.
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