Euler in Babylon

Obtuse Angled Triangles

September 26, 2008

Consider the set S(r) of points (x,y) with integer coordinates satisfying |x| + |y| ≤ r. Let O be the point (0,0) and C the point (r/4,r/4). Let N(r) be the number of points B in S(r), so that the triangle OBC has an obtuse angle, i.e. the largest angle α satisfies 90°<α<180°. So, for example, N(4)=24 and N(8)=100.

What is N(1,000,000,000)?


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