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Assume that you want the primitive solutions. I shall determine integer solutions up to sign changes.



Note that $xequiv pm ypmod5$. We may assume that $xequiv ypmod5$ (otherwise, just flip the sign of $y$). Now, write
$$z^2=fracx^2+4y^25=left(fracx+4y5right)^2+left(frac2x-2y5right)^2,.$$
That is, using the knowledge from Pythagorian triples, we get that
$$fracx+4y5=m^2-n^2,,,,frac2x-2y5=2mn,,text and z=m^2+n^2$$
for some coprime $m,ninmathbbZ$ with different parity. Thus,
$$x=m^2+4mn-n^2,,,,y=m^2-mn-n^2,,text and z=m^2+n^2,.$$
Note that, if you set $m:=u$ and $n:=u+v$, then you will get the same thing as in Will Jagy's answer (up to sign changes).






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  • This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
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The methods of Fricke and Klein (1897) show that a complete parametrization is given by a finite number of this type:
$$ x = 4 u^2 + 2 uv - v^2 ; , ; ; y = u^2 + 3 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; z = 2u^2 + 2 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; $$



where we do not restrict $u,v$ to positive, then freely use absolute values for $x,y,z.$ I will need to check whether this one recipe gives them all. If you want $x,y,z$ to have a common factor, simply multiply them all by some number.



Oh, note that $z$ comes out positive regardless, and we can bound $u,v,$ if we are bounding $z, ;$ since $2u^2 + 2uv+v^2 = u^2 + (u+v)^2 ; .$



Note that stereographic projection around a single point easily gives all rational solutions. However, there is then the problem of finding the primitive integer solutions.



One is enough. The above is sufficient. Oh, I was forgetting, might as well take $u geq 0$ to reduce repetition.



Sat Jul 21 11:06:37 PDT 2018
|z| x y z u v
1 -1 1 1 0 1
1 -1 1 1 0 -1
1 1 -1 1 1 -1
2 4 1 2 1 0
2 -4 -1 2 1 -2
5 -11 1 5 1 -3
5 11 -1 5 2 -1
10 4 11 10 1 2
10 -4 -11 10 3 -4
13 19 11 13 2 1
13 -19 -11 13 3 -5
13 -29 -1 13 2 -5
13 29 1 13 3 -1
17 1 19 17 1 3
17 -1 -19 17 4 -5
17 -31 11 17 1 -5
17 31 -11 17 4 -3
25 41 19 25 3 1
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37 -11 41 37 1 5
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37 59 -29 37 6 -5
41 71 29 41 4 1
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41 -89 -11 41 4 -9
41 89 11 41 5 -1
50 -76 41 50 1 -8
50 76 -41 50 7 -6
53 -101 31 53 2 -9
53 101 -31 53 7 -5
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58 124 -19 58 7 -4
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58 -44 -61 58 7 -10
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61 -131 -19 61 5 -11
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146 316 -41 146 11 -6
146 -316 41 146 5 -16
149 -229 -121 149 10 -17
149 229 121 149 7 3
149 331 19 149 10 -3
149 -331 -19 149 7 -17
|z| x y z u v


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  • @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
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Do you know how to do this for Pythagorean triples? That is, do you know how to find solutions to $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$? This is equivalent to finding rational points on the circle $X^2 + Y^2 = 1$, and then taking $(x/z,y/z) = (X,Y)$. The way to find rational points on the circle is as follows: for a point on the circle $(X,Y)$, consider the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$. If this line has rational slope, then the equation for where the line meets the circle has rational coefficients and has the rational root at $(-1,0)$. The rational root test then tells you that the other root must be rational, i.e. $(X,Y)$ is rational.



Conversely, if $(X,Y)$ is rational, then the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$ has rational slope as well. Therefore, finding rational points on the unit circle are equivalent to looking at where the lines of rational slope at $(-1,0)$ intersect the circle; this can be done using the quadratic formula.



The same can be used for your equation. Simply consider all lines of rational slope starting at some fixed rational point of $X^2 / 5 + 4 Y^2 / 5 = 1$, e.g. $(1,1)$.






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    Assume that you want the primitive solutions. I shall determine integer solutions up to sign changes.



    Note that $xequiv pm ypmod5$. We may assume that $xequiv ypmod5$ (otherwise, just flip the sign of $y$). Now, write
    $$z^2=fracx^2+4y^25=left(fracx+4y5right)^2+left(frac2x-2y5right)^2,.$$
    That is, using the knowledge from Pythagorian triples, we get that
    $$fracx+4y5=m^2-n^2,,,,frac2x-2y5=2mn,,text and z=m^2+n^2$$
    for some coprime $m,ninmathbbZ$ with different parity. Thus,
    $$x=m^2+4mn-n^2,,,,y=m^2-mn-n^2,,text and z=m^2+n^2,.$$
    Note that, if you set $m:=u$ and $n:=u+v$, then you will get the same thing as in Will Jagy's answer (up to sign changes).






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    • This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:26














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    Assume that you want the primitive solutions. I shall determine integer solutions up to sign changes.



    Note that $xequiv pm ypmod5$. We may assume that $xequiv ypmod5$ (otherwise, just flip the sign of $y$). Now, write
    $$z^2=fracx^2+4y^25=left(fracx+4y5right)^2+left(frac2x-2y5right)^2,.$$
    That is, using the knowledge from Pythagorian triples, we get that
    $$fracx+4y5=m^2-n^2,,,,frac2x-2y5=2mn,,text and z=m^2+n^2$$
    for some coprime $m,ninmathbbZ$ with different parity. Thus,
    $$x=m^2+4mn-n^2,,,,y=m^2-mn-n^2,,text and z=m^2+n^2,.$$
    Note that, if you set $m:=u$ and $n:=u+v$, then you will get the same thing as in Will Jagy's answer (up to sign changes).






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    • This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:26












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    Assume that you want the primitive solutions. I shall determine integer solutions up to sign changes.



    Note that $xequiv pm ypmod5$. We may assume that $xequiv ypmod5$ (otherwise, just flip the sign of $y$). Now, write
    $$z^2=fracx^2+4y^25=left(fracx+4y5right)^2+left(frac2x-2y5right)^2,.$$
    That is, using the knowledge from Pythagorian triples, we get that
    $$fracx+4y5=m^2-n^2,,,,frac2x-2y5=2mn,,text and z=m^2+n^2$$
    for some coprime $m,ninmathbbZ$ with different parity. Thus,
    $$x=m^2+4mn-n^2,,,,y=m^2-mn-n^2,,text and z=m^2+n^2,.$$
    Note that, if you set $m:=u$ and $n:=u+v$, then you will get the same thing as in Will Jagy's answer (up to sign changes).






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    Assume that you want the primitive solutions. I shall determine integer solutions up to sign changes.



    Note that $xequiv pm ypmod5$. We may assume that $xequiv ypmod5$ (otherwise, just flip the sign of $y$). Now, write
    $$z^2=fracx^2+4y^25=left(fracx+4y5right)^2+left(frac2x-2y5right)^2,.$$
    That is, using the knowledge from Pythagorian triples, we get that
    $$fracx+4y5=m^2-n^2,,,,frac2x-2y5=2mn,,text and z=m^2+n^2$$
    for some coprime $m,ninmathbbZ$ with different parity. Thus,
    $$x=m^2+4mn-n^2,,,,y=m^2-mn-n^2,,text and z=m^2+n^2,.$$
    Note that, if you set $m:=u$ and $n:=u+v$, then you will get the same thing as in Will Jagy's answer (up to sign changes).







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    • This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:26
















    • This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:26















    This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
    – Will Jagy
    Jul 21 at 18:26




    This is better. My Fricke Klein program gives me a big list of possibilities (as 3 by 3 matrices of integers). I was not patient enough to look in the middle for this more attractive parametrization.
    – Will Jagy
    Jul 21 at 18:26










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    The methods of Fricke and Klein (1897) show that a complete parametrization is given by a finite number of this type:
    $$ x = 4 u^2 + 2 uv - v^2 ; , ; ; y = u^2 + 3 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; z = 2u^2 + 2 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; $$



    where we do not restrict $u,v$ to positive, then freely use absolute values for $x,y,z.$ I will need to check whether this one recipe gives them all. If you want $x,y,z$ to have a common factor, simply multiply them all by some number.



    Oh, note that $z$ comes out positive regardless, and we can bound $u,v,$ if we are bounding $z, ;$ since $2u^2 + 2uv+v^2 = u^2 + (u+v)^2 ; .$



    Note that stereographic projection around a single point easily gives all rational solutions. However, there is then the problem of finding the primitive integer solutions.



    One is enough. The above is sufficient. Oh, I was forgetting, might as well take $u geq 0$ to reduce repetition.



    Sat Jul 21 11:06:37 PDT 2018
    |z| x y z u v
    1 -1 1 1 0 1
    1 -1 1 1 0 -1
    1 1 -1 1 1 -1
    2 4 1 2 1 0
    2 -4 -1 2 1 -2
    5 -11 1 5 1 -3
    5 11 -1 5 2 -1
    10 4 11 10 1 2
    10 -4 -11 10 3 -4
    13 19 11 13 2 1
    13 -19 -11 13 3 -5
    13 -29 -1 13 2 -5
    13 29 1 13 3 -1
    17 1 19 17 1 3
    17 -1 -19 17 4 -5
    17 -31 11 17 1 -5
    17 31 -11 17 4 -3
    25 41 19 25 3 1
    25 -41 -19 25 4 -7
    26 -4 29 26 1 4
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    26 44 -19 26 5 -4
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    29 -61 11 29 2 -7
    29 61 -11 29 5 -3
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    34 -76 1 34 3 -8
    34 76 -1 34 5 -2
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    37 11 -41 37 6 -7
    37 -59 29 37 1 -7
    37 59 -29 37 6 -5
    41 71 29 41 4 1
    41 -71 -29 41 5 -9
    41 -89 -11 41 4 -9
    41 89 11 41 5 -1
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    50 76 -41 50 7 -6
    53 -101 31 53 2 -9
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    53 -11 -59 53 7 -9
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    58 44 61 58 3 4
    58 -44 -61 58 7 -10
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    61 -109 -41 61 6 -11
    61 -131 -19 61 5 -11
    61 131 19 61 6 -1
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    65 79 61 65 4 3
    65 -79 -61 65 7 -11
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    73 151 -31 73 8 -5
    73 41 79 73 3 5
    73 -41 -79 73 8 -11
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    74 -164 -11 74 5 -12
    74 164 11 74 7 -2
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    85 149 -59 85 9 -7
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    85 181 29 85 7 -1
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    89 199 1 89 8 -3
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    146 124 151 146 5 6
    146 316 -41 146 11 -6
    146 -316 41 146 5 -16
    149 -229 -121 149 10 -17
    149 229 121 149 7 3
    149 331 19 149 10 -3
    149 -331 -19 149 7 -17
    |z| x y z u v


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    • @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:17














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    The methods of Fricke and Klein (1897) show that a complete parametrization is given by a finite number of this type:
    $$ x = 4 u^2 + 2 uv - v^2 ; , ; ; y = u^2 + 3 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; z = 2u^2 + 2 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; $$



    where we do not restrict $u,v$ to positive, then freely use absolute values for $x,y,z.$ I will need to check whether this one recipe gives them all. If you want $x,y,z$ to have a common factor, simply multiply them all by some number.



    Oh, note that $z$ comes out positive regardless, and we can bound $u,v,$ if we are bounding $z, ;$ since $2u^2 + 2uv+v^2 = u^2 + (u+v)^2 ; .$



    Note that stereographic projection around a single point easily gives all rational solutions. However, there is then the problem of finding the primitive integer solutions.



    One is enough. The above is sufficient. Oh, I was forgetting, might as well take $u geq 0$ to reduce repetition.



    Sat Jul 21 11:06:37 PDT 2018
    |z| x y z u v
    1 -1 1 1 0 1
    1 -1 1 1 0 -1
    1 1 -1 1 1 -1
    2 4 1 2 1 0
    2 -4 -1 2 1 -2
    5 -11 1 5 1 -3
    5 11 -1 5 2 -1
    10 4 11 10 1 2
    10 -4 -11 10 3 -4
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    13 -29 -1 13 2 -5
    13 29 1 13 3 -1
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    17 -31 11 17 1 -5
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    29 61 -11 29 5 -3
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    37 -59 29 37 1 -7
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    61 131 19 61 6 -1
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    65 79 61 65 4 3
    65 -79 -61 65 7 -11
    73 -151 31 73 3 -11
    73 151 -31 73 8 -5
    73 41 79 73 3 5
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    74 -164 -11 74 5 -12
    74 164 11 74 7 -2
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    89 199 1 89 8 -3
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    97 79 101 97 4 5
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    • @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
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    The methods of Fricke and Klein (1897) show that a complete parametrization is given by a finite number of this type:
    $$ x = 4 u^2 + 2 uv - v^2 ; , ; ; y = u^2 + 3 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; z = 2u^2 + 2 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; $$



    where we do not restrict $u,v$ to positive, then freely use absolute values for $x,y,z.$ I will need to check whether this one recipe gives them all. If you want $x,y,z$ to have a common factor, simply multiply them all by some number.



    Oh, note that $z$ comes out positive regardless, and we can bound $u,v,$ if we are bounding $z, ;$ since $2u^2 + 2uv+v^2 = u^2 + (u+v)^2 ; .$



    Note that stereographic projection around a single point easily gives all rational solutions. However, there is then the problem of finding the primitive integer solutions.



    One is enough. The above is sufficient. Oh, I was forgetting, might as well take $u geq 0$ to reduce repetition.



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    The methods of Fricke and Klein (1897) show that a complete parametrization is given by a finite number of this type:
    $$ x = 4 u^2 + 2 uv - v^2 ; , ; ; y = u^2 + 3 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; z = 2u^2 + 2 uv + v^2 ; , ; ; $$



    where we do not restrict $u,v$ to positive, then freely use absolute values for $x,y,z.$ I will need to check whether this one recipe gives them all. If you want $x,y,z$ to have a common factor, simply multiply them all by some number.



    Oh, note that $z$ comes out positive regardless, and we can bound $u,v,$ if we are bounding $z, ;$ since $2u^2 + 2uv+v^2 = u^2 + (u+v)^2 ; .$



    Note that stereographic projection around a single point easily gives all rational solutions. However, there is then the problem of finding the primitive integer solutions.



    One is enough. The above is sufficient. Oh, I was forgetting, might as well take $u geq 0$ to reduce repetition.



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    • @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
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    • @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
      – Will Jagy
      Jul 21 at 18:17















    @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
    – Will Jagy
    Jul 21 at 18:17




    @HangWu there is a common factor of $19.$ Not primitive.
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    Do you know how to do this for Pythagorean triples? That is, do you know how to find solutions to $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$? This is equivalent to finding rational points on the circle $X^2 + Y^2 = 1$, and then taking $(x/z,y/z) = (X,Y)$. The way to find rational points on the circle is as follows: for a point on the circle $(X,Y)$, consider the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$. If this line has rational slope, then the equation for where the line meets the circle has rational coefficients and has the rational root at $(-1,0)$. The rational root test then tells you that the other root must be rational, i.e. $(X,Y)$ is rational.



    Conversely, if $(X,Y)$ is rational, then the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$ has rational slope as well. Therefore, finding rational points on the unit circle are equivalent to looking at where the lines of rational slope at $(-1,0)$ intersect the circle; this can be done using the quadratic formula.



    The same can be used for your equation. Simply consider all lines of rational slope starting at some fixed rational point of $X^2 / 5 + 4 Y^2 / 5 = 1$, e.g. $(1,1)$.






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      Do you know how to do this for Pythagorean triples? That is, do you know how to find solutions to $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$? This is equivalent to finding rational points on the circle $X^2 + Y^2 = 1$, and then taking $(x/z,y/z) = (X,Y)$. The way to find rational points on the circle is as follows: for a point on the circle $(X,Y)$, consider the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$. If this line has rational slope, then the equation for where the line meets the circle has rational coefficients and has the rational root at $(-1,0)$. The rational root test then tells you that the other root must be rational, i.e. $(X,Y)$ is rational.



      Conversely, if $(X,Y)$ is rational, then the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$ has rational slope as well. Therefore, finding rational points on the unit circle are equivalent to looking at where the lines of rational slope at $(-1,0)$ intersect the circle; this can be done using the quadratic formula.



      The same can be used for your equation. Simply consider all lines of rational slope starting at some fixed rational point of $X^2 / 5 + 4 Y^2 / 5 = 1$, e.g. $(1,1)$.






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        Do you know how to do this for Pythagorean triples? That is, do you know how to find solutions to $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$? This is equivalent to finding rational points on the circle $X^2 + Y^2 = 1$, and then taking $(x/z,y/z) = (X,Y)$. The way to find rational points on the circle is as follows: for a point on the circle $(X,Y)$, consider the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$. If this line has rational slope, then the equation for where the line meets the circle has rational coefficients and has the rational root at $(-1,0)$. The rational root test then tells you that the other root must be rational, i.e. $(X,Y)$ is rational.



        Conversely, if $(X,Y)$ is rational, then the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$ has rational slope as well. Therefore, finding rational points on the unit circle are equivalent to looking at where the lines of rational slope at $(-1,0)$ intersect the circle; this can be done using the quadratic formula.



        The same can be used for your equation. Simply consider all lines of rational slope starting at some fixed rational point of $X^2 / 5 + 4 Y^2 / 5 = 1$, e.g. $(1,1)$.






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        Do you know how to do this for Pythagorean triples? That is, do you know how to find solutions to $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$? This is equivalent to finding rational points on the circle $X^2 + Y^2 = 1$, and then taking $(x/z,y/z) = (X,Y)$. The way to find rational points on the circle is as follows: for a point on the circle $(X,Y)$, consider the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$. If this line has rational slope, then the equation for where the line meets the circle has rational coefficients and has the rational root at $(-1,0)$. The rational root test then tells you that the other root must be rational, i.e. $(X,Y)$ is rational.



        Conversely, if $(X,Y)$ is rational, then the line from $(-1,0)$ to $(X,Y)$ has rational slope as well. Therefore, finding rational points on the unit circle are equivalent to looking at where the lines of rational slope at $(-1,0)$ intersect the circle; this can be done using the quadratic formula.



        The same can be used for your equation. Simply consider all lines of rational slope starting at some fixed rational point of $X^2 / 5 + 4 Y^2 / 5 = 1$, e.g. $(1,1)$.







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