A history of Greek mathematics Vol.II from Aristarchus to Diophantus by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1921
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PORISMS AND PROPOSITIONS ASSUMED 481<br />
In fact YZ±a = {(m+l)(2m+l) + 2a} 2 ,<br />
ZX±a = {m(2m+ l) + 2a} 2 ,<br />
XY±a= {.m(m+l) + a} 2 .<br />
(3) If<br />
X = m 2 + 2, F=(m+l)*+2, Z = 2{m 2 + (m + 1) 2 + 1 ]<br />
+ 2,<br />
then the six expressions<br />
F^_(F+if), #X-(#+X), XY-(X+Y)<br />
}<br />
YZ-X, ZX-Y, XY-Z<br />
are all squares (V. 6).<br />
In fact<br />
YZ- (Y + Z) = {2m 1 + 3m + 3)<br />
2<br />
, F^-I=(2m<br />
2 + 3m + 4) 2 ;<br />
&c.<br />
2. The second class is much more important, consisting <strong>of</strong><br />
propositions in the Theory <strong>of</strong> Numbers which we find first<br />
stated or assumed in the Arithmetica. It was in explanation<br />
or extension <strong>of</strong> these that Fermat's most famous notes<br />
were written. How far <strong>Diophantus</strong> possessed scientific pro<strong>of</strong>s<br />
<strong>of</strong> the theorems which he assumes must remain largely a<br />
matter <strong>of</strong> speculation.<br />
(a)<br />
Theorems on the composition <strong>of</strong> numbers as the sum<br />
<strong>of</strong> two squares.<br />
(1) Any square number can be resolved in<strong>to</strong> two squares in<br />
any number <strong>of</strong> ways (<strong>II</strong>. 8).<br />
(2) Any number which is the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares can be<br />
resolved in<strong>to</strong> two other squares in any number <strong>of</strong> ways (<strong>II</strong>. 9).<br />
(It is implied throughout that the squares may be fractional<br />
as well as integral.)<br />
(3) If there are two whole numbers each <strong>of</strong> which is the<br />
sum <strong>of</strong> two squares, the product <strong>of</strong> the numbers can be<br />
resolved in<strong>to</strong> the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares in two ways.<br />
In fact (a 2 + b 2 ) (c2 + d 2 )<br />
= (ac ± bd) 2 + {ad + be) 2 .<br />
This proposition is used in <strong>II</strong>I. 19, where the problem is<br />
<strong>to</strong> find four rational right-angled triangles with the same<br />
1523.2 I i<br />
482 DIOPHANTUS OF ALEXANDRIA<br />
hypotenuse. The method is this. Form two right-angled<br />
triangles <strong>from</strong> (a, b) and (c, d) respectively, <strong>by</strong> which <strong>Diophantus</strong><br />
means, form the right-angled triangles<br />
(a 2 + b 2 , a 2 -b 2 , 2ab) and (c 2 + d 2 , c 2 -d 2 , 2cd).<br />
Multiply all the sides in each triangle <strong>by</strong> the hypotenuse <strong>of</strong><br />
the other; we have then two rational right-angled triangles<br />
with the same hypotenuse (a 2 + b 2 ) (c 2 + d 2 ).<br />
Two others are furnished <strong>by</strong> the formula above; for we<br />
have only <strong>to</strong> form two right-angled triangles ' ' <strong>from</strong> (ac + bd,<br />
ad — be) and <strong>from</strong> (ac — bd, ad + be) respectively. The method<br />
fails if certain relations hold between a, b, c, d. They must<br />
not be such that one number <strong>of</strong> either pair vanishes, i.e. such<br />
that ad = be or ac = bd, or such that the numbers in either<br />
pair are equal <strong>to</strong> one another, for then the triangles are<br />
illusory.<br />
In the case taken <strong>by</strong> <strong>Diophantus</strong> a 2 + b 2 = 2 2 + 2 = 5,<br />
c 2 + d 2 = 3 2 + 2 2 = 1 3, and the four right-angled triangles are<br />
(65, 52, 39), (65, 60, 25), (65, 63, 16) and (65, 56, 33).<br />
On this proposition Fermat has a long and interesting note<br />
as <strong>to</strong> the number <strong>of</strong> ways in which a prime number <strong>of</strong> the<br />
form 4 n + 1 and its powers can be (a) the hypotenuse <strong>of</strong><br />
a rational right-angled triangle, (b) the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares.<br />
He also extends theorem (3) above : If a prime number which<br />
'<br />
is the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares be multiplied <strong>by</strong> another prime<br />
number which is also the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares, the product<br />
will be the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares in two ways ; if the first prime<br />
be multiplied <strong>by</strong> the square <strong>of</strong> the second, the product will be<br />
the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares in three ways ; the product <strong>of</strong> the first<br />
and the cube <strong>of</strong> the second will be the sum <strong>of</strong> two squares<br />
in four ways, and so on ad infinitum'<br />
Although the hypotenuses selected <strong>by</strong> <strong>Diophantus</strong>, 5 and 13,<br />
are prime numbers <strong>of</strong> the form 4 n + 1 , it is unlikely that he<br />
was aware that prime numbers <strong>of</strong> the form 4 n + 1 and<br />
numbers arising <strong>from</strong> the multiplication <strong>of</strong> such numbers are<br />
the only classes <strong>of</strong> numbers which are always the sum <strong>of</strong> two<br />
squares ;<br />
this was first proved <strong>by</strong> Euler.<br />
(4) More remarkable is a condition <strong>of</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> solution<br />
prefixed <strong>to</strong> V. 9, 'To divide 1 in<strong>to</strong> two parts such that, if