Learning Objectives
After completing this lesson, students should be able to do the following.
- Generate data regarding primitive Pythagorean triples (PPTs).
- Identify patterns in PPT data.
- Combine patterns that you have identified to formulate mathematical conjectures on PPTs.
- Prove conjectures related to PPTs.
- Draw general conclusions related to PPTs.
- Apply the formula, that we will introduce, that generates all PPTs.
What to Do for this Lesson
To complete this lesson, please
- watch all the videos for this lesson (which you can get to by clicking the “Next” button at the bottom of each page), and
- then complete activities for this lesson, which includes
- the Lesson 1 readings (which are listed in Assignment 1)
- Weekly Assignment 1 (download from important dates page)
Instructions on how to complete weekly assignments are here.
Students who would like to use LaTeX to complete their assignment may find the Assignment 1 latex source code helpful in getting started.
Questions?
If you have questions about your homework, you are encouraged to post them on Piazza or send your instructor an email.
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