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Harmonic Triple


A triple (a,b,c) of positive integers satisfying a<b<c is said to be harmonic if

 1/a+1/c=2/b.

In particular, such a triple is harmonic if the reciprocals of its terms form an arithmetic sequence with common difference d where

 d=(a-b)/(ab).

One can show that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the set of equivalence classes of harmonic triples and the set of equivalence classes of geometric triples where here, two triples (a,b,c) and (u,v,w) are said to be equivalent if a:b:c=u:v:w, i.e., if there exists some positive real number k in R such that (a,b,c)=(ku,kv,kw).


See also

Arithmetic Series, Common Difference, Equivalent, Equivalence Class, Equivalence Relation, Geometric Triple

This entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

VanderBurgh, I. (Ed.). "Mathematical Mayhem: Mayhem Solutions." Crux Math. 36, 141-143, 2010.

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Stover, Christopher. "Harmonic Triple." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HarmonicTriple.html

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