Trithagorean Triples

Question

A Pythagorean Triple is a positive integer solution to the equation:

A Trithagorean triple is a positive integer solution to the equation:

Where Δn finds the nth triangular number. All Trithagorean triples are also solutions to the equation:

Task

Given a positive integer c, output all the pairs of positive integers a,b such that the sum of the ath and bth triangular numbers is the cth triangular number. You may output the pairs in whatever way is most convenient. You should only output each pair once.

This is code-golf

Test Cases

2: []
3: [(2, 2)]
21: [(17, 12), (20, 6)]
23: [(18, 14), (20, 11), (21, 9)]
78: [(56, 54), (62, 47), (69, 36), (75, 21), (77, 12)]
153: [(111, 105), (122, 92), (132, 77), (141, 59), (143, 54), (147, 42), (152, 17)]
496: [(377, 322), (397, 297), (405, 286), (427, 252), (458, 190), (469, 161), (472, 152), (476, 139), (484, 108), (493, 54), (495, 31)]
1081: [(783, 745), (814, 711), (836, 685), (865, 648), (931, 549), (954, 508), (979, 458), (989, 436), (998, 415), (1025, 343), (1026, 340), (1053, 244), (1066, 179), (1078, 80), (1080, 46)]
1978: [(1404, 1393), (1462, 1332), (1540, 1241), (1582, 1187), (1651, 1089), (1738, 944), (1745, 931), (1792, 837), (1826, 760), (1862, 667), (1890, 583), (1899, 553), (1917, 487), (1936, 405), (1943, 370), (1957, 287), (1969, 188)]
2628: [(1880, 1836), (1991, 1715), (2033, 1665), (2046, 1649), (2058, 1634), (2102, 1577), (2145, 1518), (2204, 1431), (2300, 1271), (2319, 1236), (2349, 1178), (2352, 1172), (2397, 1077), (2418, 1029), (2426, 1010), (2523, 735), (2547, 647), (2552, 627), (2564, 576), (2585, 473), (2597, 402), (2622, 177), (2627, 72)]
9271: [(6631, 6479), (6713, 6394), (6939, 6148), (7003, 6075), (7137, 5917), (7380, 5611), (7417, 5562), (7612, 5292), (7667, 5212), (7912, 4832), (7987, 4707), (8018, 4654), (8180, 4363), (8207, 4312), (8374, 3978), (8383, 3959), (8424, 3871), (8558, 3565), (8613, 3430), (8656, 3320), (8770, 3006), (8801, 2914), (8900, 2596), (8917, 2537), (9016, 2159), (9062, 1957), (9082, 1862), (9153, 1474), (9162, 1417), (9207, 1087), (9214, 1026), (9229, 881), (9260, 451), (9261, 430), (9265, 333)]

Answer 1

Mathematica, 53 49 48 bytes

Solve[{x.(x+1)==#^2+#,a>=b>0},x={a,b},Integers]&

Example:

In[1]:= Solve[{x.(x+1)==#^2+#,a>=b>0},x={a,b},Integers]&[21]

Out[1]= {{a -> 17, b -> 12}, {a -> 20, b -> 6}}

Answer 2

MATL, 17 13 bytes

:Ys&+G:s=R&fh

Each pair is output with the smaller number first.

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Explanation

Consider input 3.

:      % Implicitly input n. Push [1 2 ... n]
       % STACK: [1 2 3]
Ys     % Comulative sum
       % STACK: [1 3 6]
&+     % All pairwise sums
       % STACK: [2 4 7; 4 6 9; 7 9 12]
G:s    % Push 1+2+...+n
       % STACK: [2 4 7; 4 6 9; 7 9 12], 6
=      % Is equal?
       % STACK: [0 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 0]
R      % Upper triangular part of matrix. This removes duplicate pairs
       % STACK: [0 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 0]
&f     % Push row and column indices (1-based) of non-zero entries
       % STACK: 2, 2
h      % Concatenate horizontally. Implicitly display
       % STACK: [2, 2]

Answer 3

Jelly, 12 bytes

j‘c2ḅ-
ŒċçÐḟ

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How it works

ŒċçÐḟ   Main link. Argument: c

Œċ      Yield all 2-combinations w/repetition of elements of [1, ..., c].
  çÐḟ   Filterfalse; keep only 2-combinations for which the helper link returns 0.


j‘c2ḅ-  Helper link. Left argument: [a, b]. Right argument: c

j       Join [a, b] with separator c, yielding [a, c, b].
 ‘      Increment; yield [a+1, c+1, b+1].
  c2    Combination count; compute [C(a+1,c), C(c+1,c), C(b+1,c)], yielding
        [½a(a+1), ½c(c+1), ½b(b+1)].
    ḅ-  Convert from base -1 to integer, yielding
        ½(-1)²a(a+1) + ½(-1)¹c(c+1) + ½(-1)⁰b(b+1) = ½(a(a+1) - c(c+1) + b(b+1)),
        which is 0 if and only if a(a+1) + b(b+1) = c(c+1).

Answer 4

Python 2, 69 bytes

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lambda c:[(a,b)for a in range(c)for b in range(a+1)if~a*a==c*~c-~b*b]

-9 bytes, thanks to @WheatWizard

Answer 5

Jelly, 16 14 bytes

RS
ŒċÇ€S$⁼¥ÐfÇ

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This is too long for sure...

Explanation:

ŒċÇ€S$⁼¥ÐfÇ (main) Arguments: z
Œċ             Return [[1, 1], [1, 2], ..., [1, z], [2, 2], ..., [z, z]]
          Ç    Return T(z)
  Ç€S$⁼¥Ðf     Only keep the pairs such as ΣT(a, b)=T(z)

RS (helper 1) Arguments: z
R  [1, 2, ..., z]
 S Take the sum

Answer 6

AWK, 72 bytes

{for(n=$1;++i<=n;)for(j=i;j<=n;++j)if(i^2+j^2+i+j==n^2+n)$0=$0" "i":"j}1

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Output is c a1:b1 a2:b2 .... The TIO link has 4 extra bytes i=0; to allow for multiline input.

This isn't efficient at all, but it works. :)

Answer 7

PHP, 94 Bytes

for($a=$c=$argn;$a--;)for($b=$a;$b;$b--)$a**2+$a+$b**2+$b!=$c**2+$c?:$e[]=[$a,$b];print_r($e);

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Answer 8

Haskell, 50 bytes

f c=[(a,b)|a<-[1..c],b<-[1..a],a^2+a+b^2+b==c^2+c]

Usage example: f 21 -> [(17,12),(20,6)]. Try it online!

Uses the 2nd equation.

Answer 9

J, 35 bytes

1+[:~.,~/:~@#:[:I.@,@({:=+/~)2!2+i.

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Answer 10

Axiom, 281 204 196 191 bytes

q(b,m)==(r:=1+4*m;v:=4.*b*(b+1);r<v=>0;(sqrt(r-v)-1)/2);g(c:NNI):Any==(r:List List INT:=[];i:=0;repeat(i:=i+1;i>=c=>break;w:=q(i,c^2+c);w>=i and fractionPart(w)=0=>(r:=cons([w::INT,i],r)));r)

test and ungolf

-- if m=c^2+c than a^2+a+b^2+b-m=0 has the solutions [a,b] with a>0,b>0
-- if it is used a=(-1+sqrt(1+4*m-4*(b)*(b-1)))/2 because the other return a<0
-- o(b,m) return that solution if 1+4*m-4*(b)*(b-1)>0 [so exist in R sqrt] else return 0
o(b,m)==(r:=1+4*m;v:=4.*b*(b+1);r<v=>0;(sqrt(r-v)-1)/2)

--it Gets one not negative integer c; return one list of list(ordered) of 2 integers
--[a,b] with  a^2+a+b^2+b=c^2+c
gg(c:NNI):List List INT==
   r:List List INT:=[]  -- initialize the type make program more fast at last it seems 10x
   i:=0
   repeat
      i:=i+1
      i>=c=>break
      w:=o(i,c^2+c)
      w>=i and fractionPart(w)=0=>(r:=cons([w::INT,i],r))
   r

(6) -> [[i,g(i)]  for i in [2,3,21,23,78,153,496,1081,1978,2628,9271]]
   (6)
   [[2,[]], [3,[[2,2]]], [21,[[17,12],[20,6]]], [23,[[18,14],[20,11],[21,9]]],
    [78,[[56,54],[62,47],[69,36],[75,21],[77,12]]],
    [153,[[111,105],[122,92],[132,77],[141,59],[143,54],[147,42],[152,17]]],

     [496,
       [[377,322], [397,297], [405,286], [427,252], [458,190], [469,161],
        [472,152], [476,139], [484,108], [493,54], [495,31]]
       ]
     ,

     [1081,
       [[783,745], [814,711], [836,685], [865,648], [931,549], [954,508],
        [979,458], [989,436], [998,415], [1025,343], [1026,340], [1053,244],
        [1066,179], [1078,80], [1080,46]]
       ]
     ,

     [1978,
       [[1404,1393], [1462,1332], [1540,1241], [1582,1187], [1651,1089],
        [1738,944], [1745,931], [1792,837], [1826,760], [1862,667], [1890,583],
        [1899,553], [1917,487], [1936,405], [1943,370], [1957,287], [1969,188]]
       ]
     ,

     [2628,
       [[1880,1836], [1991,1715], [2033,1665], [2046,1649], [2058,1634],
        [2102,1577], [2145,1518], [2204,1431], [2300,1271], [2319,1236],
        [2349,1178], [2352,1172], [2397,1077], [2418,1029], [2426,1010],
        [2523,735], [2547,647], [2552,627], [2564,576], [2585,473], [2597,402],
        [2622,177], [2627,72]]
       ]
     ,

     [9271,
       [[6631,6479], [6713,6394], [6939,6148], [7003,6075], [7137,5917],
        [7380,5611], [7417,5562], [7612,5292], [7667,5212], [7912,4832],
        [7987,4707], [8018,4654], [8180,4363], [8207,4312], [8374,3978],
        [8383,3959], [8424,3871], [8558,3565], [8613,3430], [8656,3320],
        [8770,3006], [8801,2914], [8900,2596], [8917,2537], [9016,2159],
        [9062,1957], [9082,1862], [9153,1474], [9162,1417], [9207,1087],
        [9214,1026], [9229,881], [9260,451], [9261,430], [9265,333]]
       ]
     ]
                                                      Type: List List Any

Answer 11

CJam, 30 28 bytes

{_,2m*:$_&f+{{_)*}%~+=},1f>}

Anonymous block expecting its argument on the stack and leaving the result on the stack.

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Explanation

I will refer to the input as n

_,     e# Copy n, and get the range from 0 to n-1.
2m*    e# Get the 2nd Cartesian power of this range.
:$_&   e# Sort the pairs and deduplicate, to get all unique pairs.
f+     e# Prepend n to each pair.
{      e# Filter these triplets; keep only those that give a truthy result:
 {     e#  Map this block over the triplet:
  _)*  e#   Multiply x by x+1. (i.e. x^2 + x)
 }%    e#  (end map)
 ~+=   e#  Check if the sum of the second and third is equal to the first.
},     e# (end filter)
1f>    e# Remove the first element from all remaining triplets.

Answer 12

Pyth - 23 21 bytes

L*bhbfqyQ+yhTyeT.CUQ2

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L*bhbfqyQ+yhTyeT.CUQ2
L*bhb                     Define y(b)=b*(b+1)
                .CUQ2     All pairs of numbers less than the input
     fqyQ+yhTyeT          Filter based on whether y(input) == y(1st elem. of pair) + y(2nd elem. of pair)

Answer 13

JavaScript (ES6), 83 bytes

c=>[...Array(c*c)].map((_,x)=>[x%c,x/c|0]).filter(([a,b])=>a>=b&a++*a+b++*b==c*c+c)

Test cases

Omitting here the largest inputs that take too much time for the snippet.

let f =

c=>[...Array(c*c)].map((_,x)=>[x%c,x/c|0]).filter(([a,b])=>a>=b&a++*a+b++*b==c*c+c)

console.log(JSON.stringify(f(2)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(3)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(21)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(23)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(78)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(153)))
console.log(JSON.stringify(f(496)))

Answer 14

Husk, ¹² 11 bytes

fo=Σ¹ṁΣüOπ2

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Σ has a mode where it returns the n^th triangular number, which is very useful here.

-1 byte from Dominic van Essen.

Explanation

fo=Σ¹ṁΣüOπ2
         π2  cartesian power 2 for range 1..n(all possible pairs)
       üO    uniquify, ignoring ordering
fo           filter by the following 2 functions:
     ṁΣ      triangular numbers of the pair summed
  =          equals
   Σ¹        nth triangular number?