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In mathematics, the '''[[rational point]]s on the [[unit circle]]''' are those points (''x'',&nbsp;''y'') such that both ''x'' and ''y'' are [[rational number]]s ("fractions") and satisfy ''x''<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;+&nbsp;''y''<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;=&nbsp;1. The set of such points turns out to be closely related to primitive [[Pythagorean triple]]s. Consider a primitive [[right triangle]], that is, with integral side lengths ''a'', ''b'', ''c'', with ''c'' the hypotenuse, such that the sides have no common factor larger than&nbsp;1. Then on the unit circle there exists the rational point (''a''/''c'',&nbsp;''b''/''c''), which, in the [[complex plane]], is just ''a''/''c''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''ib''/''c'', where ''i'' is the [[imaginary unit]]. Conversely, if (''x'',&nbsp;''y'') is a rational point on the unit circle in the 1<sup>st</sup> [[Cartesian coordinate system#Quadrants and octants|quadrant]] of the coordinate system (i.e. ''x''&nbsp;>&nbsp;0, ''y''&nbsp;>&nbsp;0), then there exists a primitive right triangle with sides&nbsp;''xc'',&nbsp;''yc'',&nbsp;''c'', with ''c'' being the [[least common multiple]] of ''x'' and ''y'' denominators. There is a correspondence between points (''x'',''y'') in the ''x''-''y'' plane and points ''x''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''iy'' in the complex plane which will be used below, with (''a'',&nbsp;''b'') taken as equal to&nbsp;''a''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''ib''.
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==Group operation==
The set of rational points forms an [[Abelian group#Infinite abelian groups|infinite abelian group]], which shall be called ''G'' in this article. The identity element is the point (1,&nbsp;0)&nbsp;=&nbsp;1&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''0&nbsp;=&nbsp;1. The group operation, or "product" is (''x'',&nbsp;''y'')&nbsp;*&nbsp;(''t'',&nbsp;''u'') = (''xt''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''uy'',&nbsp;''xu''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''yt''). This product is angle addition since ''x''&nbsp;=&nbsp;[[cosine]](''A'') and ''y''&nbsp;=&nbsp;[[sine]](''A''), where ''A'' is the angle the radius vector (''x'',&nbsp;''y'') makes with the radius vector (1,0), measured counter clockwise. So with (''x'',&nbsp;''y'') and (''t'',&nbsp;''u'') forming angles ''A'' and ''B'', respectively, with (1,&nbsp;0), their product (''xt''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''uy'',&nbsp;''xu''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''yt'') is just the rational point on the unit circle with angle ''A''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''B''. But we can do these group operations in a way that may be easier, with complex numbers: Write the point (''x'',&nbsp;''y'') as ''x''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''iy'' and write (''t'',&nbsp;''u'') as ''t''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''iu''. Then the product above is just the ordinary multiplication (''x''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''iy'')(''t''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''iu'') =&nbsp;''xt''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''yu''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''(''xu''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''yt''), which corresponds to the (''xt''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''uy'',&nbsp;''xu''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''yt'') above.
 
===Example===
 
The points on the unit circle: 3/5&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''4/5 and 5/13&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''12/13 (corresponding to the two most famous Pythagorean right triangles:3,4,5 and 5,12,13) are elements of ''G'', and their group product is (&minus;33/65&nbsp;+&nbsp;i56/65), which corresponds to a 33,56,65 Pythagorean right triangle. The sum of the squares of the numerators 33 and 56 is 1089&nbsp;+&nbsp;3136&nbsp;=&nbsp;4225, which is the square of the denominator 65.
 
===Other ways to describe the group===
::<math>G \cong \mathrm{SO}(2, \mathbb{Q}).</math>
 
The set of all 2&times;2 [[orthogonal|rotation matrices]] with rational entries coincides with G.This follows from the fact that the [[circle group]] <math>S^1</math> is isomorphic to <math>\mathrm{SO}(2, \mathbb{R})</math>, and the fact that their rational points coincide.
 
==Group structure==
 
The structure of ''G'' is an infinite sum of [[cyclic group]]s. Let ''G''<sub>2</sub> denote the subgroup of ''G'' generated by the point {{nowrap|0 + 1''i''}}. ''G''<sub>2</sub> is a [[cyclic subgroup]] of order 4. For a prime ''p'' of form 4''k''&nbsp;+&nbsp;1, let ''G''<sub>''p''</sub> denote the subgroup of elements with denominator ''p''<sup>''n''</sup>, ''n'' a nonnegative integer. ''G''<sub>''p''</sub> is an infinite cyclic group. The point (''a''<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''b''<sup>2</sup>)/''p''&nbsp;+&nbsp;(2''ab''/''p'')''i'' is a generator of ''G''<sub>''p''</sub>. Furthermore, by factoring the denominators of an element of ''G'', it can be shown that ''G'' is a direct sum of ''G''<sub>2</sub> and the ''G''<sub>''p''</sub>.  That is:
 
::<math>G \cong G_2 \oplus \bigoplus_{p \equiv 1 \bmod 4} G_p.</math> 
 
Since it is a [[direct sum]] rather than [[direct product]], only finitely many of the values in the ''Gp''s differ from zero.
===Example===
 
Suppose we take the element in ''G'' corresponding to ({''0''};2,0,1,0,0,...0,...) where the first coordinate ''0'' is in ''C''<sub>4</sub> and the other coordinates give the powers of (''a''<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''b''<sup>2</sup>)/''p''(''r'')&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''2''ab''/''p''(''r'') where ''p''(''r'') is the rth prime of form 4''k''&nbsp;+&nbsp;1. Then this corresponds to, in ''G'', the rational point (3/5&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''4/5)<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;(8/17&nbsp;+&nbsp;''i''15/17)<sup>1</sup> =&nbsp;&minus;416/425&nbsp;+&nbsp;i87/425). The denominator 425 is the product of the denominator 5 twice, and the denominator 17 once, and as in the previous example, the square of the numerator &minus;416 plus the square of the numerator 87 is equal to the square of the denominator 425. It should also be noted, as a connection to help retain understanding, that the denominator 5&nbsp;=&nbsp;''p''(1) is the 1st prime of form 4''k''&nbsp;+&nbsp;1, and the denominator 17&nbsp;=&nbsp;''p''(3) is the 3rd prime of form&nbsp;4''k''&nbsp;+&nbsp;1.
 
==The ''unit hyperbola's'' group of rational points==
There is a close connection between this group on the [[unit hyperbola]] and the group discussed above. If <math>\frac {a + ib}{c}</math> is a rational point on the unit circle, where ''a''/''c'' and ''b''/''c'' are [[reduced fraction]]s, then (''c''/''a'',&nbsp;''b''/''a'') is a rational point on the unit hyperbola, since <math>(c/a)^2-(b/a)^2=1,</math> satisfying the equation for the unit hyperbola. The group operation here is <math>(x,y) \times (u,v)=(xu+yv ,xv+yu),</math> and the group identity is the same point (1,0) as above. In this group there is a close connection with [[hyperbolic cosine]] and [[hyperbolic sine]], which parallels the connection with [[cosine]] and [[sine]] in the unit circle group above.
 
===Copies inside a larger group===
:There are isomorphic copies of both groups, as subgroups,(and as geometric objects) of the group of the rational points on the [[abelian variety]] in four dimensional space given by <math>w^2+x^2+y^2-z^2=1.</math>  Note that this variety is the set of points with [[Minkowski metric]], relative to the origin, equal to&nbsp;1. The identity in this larger group is (0,1,0,1), and the group operation is <math>(a,b,c,d)\times (w,x,y,z)=(aw-bx,ax+bw,cy+dz,cz+dy).</math>
:For the group on the unit circle, the appropriate subgroup is points of form (''w'',''x'',0,1), with <math>w^2+x^2=1,</math> and its identity element is (0,1,0, 1). The unit hyperbola group corresponds to points of form (0,1,''y'',''z''), with <math>y^2-z^2=1,</math> and the identity is again (0,1,0,1). (Of course, since they are subgroups of the larger group, they both must have the same identity element.)
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Mathematics}}
*[[circle group]]
 
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
*''The Group of Rational Points on the Unit Circle''[http://mathdl.maa.org/images/upload_library/22/Allendoerfer/1997/0025570x.di021195.02p0087x.pdf], Lin Tan, ''[[Mathematics Magazine]]'' Vol. 69, No. 3 (June, 1996), pp. 163–171
*''The Group of Primitive Pythagorean Triangles''[http://www.jstor.org/pss/2690291], Ernest J. Eckert, ''Mathematics Magazine'' Vol 57 No. 1 (January, 1984), pp 22–26
 
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