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A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a2 + b2 = c2. Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), and a well-known example is (3, 4, 5). If (a, b, c) is a Pythagorean triple, then so is (ka, kb, kc) for any positive integer k. A primitive Pythagorean triple is one in which a, b and c are coprime.who was the first indian mathematician to work on this:

  1. Mahavira

  2. Baudhayana and Apastamba

  3. pingala

  4. panini
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Explanation

Baudhayana (c. 800 BCE) and Apastamba were ancient Indian mathematicians who documented the Pythagorean theorem in their Sulba Sutras, predating Pythagoras by centuries. Baudhayana's Sulba Sutra explicitly states the theorem and provides examples of Pythagorean triples like (3, 4, 5).

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