Source-level handoff lemmas #
These declarations mirror the intermediate claims used in the paper's proofs. They are kept separate from the explicit polynomial witnesses so each proof obligation has a small, source-located target.
The rational map T(a,b,c) = (c(a²-b²)/2, cab, c(a²+b²)/2) used in the proof of the main parametrization theorem.
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The paper's parity condition for T(a,b,c) to have integer coordinates:
c is even or a and b have the same parity.
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Positive parameters for the paper's positive-triple variant of T(a,b,c).
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The introductory source claim: every Pythagorean triple is covered by one of two integer-coefficient polynomial families, and every value of those families is a Pythagorean triple.
Source proof handoff lemma: the set of Pythagorean triples is exactly the set of
integer triples in the range of TMap.
Source proof handoff lemma: T(a,b,c) has integer coordinates iff the paper's
parity condition holds.
Source proof handoff lemma: the parity condition is parametrized by
(y + zw, z - yw, 2x - xw).
Source proof handoff lemma for the positive remark: the restricted positive
parameters are parametrized by (y + (1+w)z, y, x + (1-w)^2 x).
Four-square corollary used by the 16-parameter substitution: every positive integer is one plus a sum of four squares.