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Pythagorean Triple

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package com.thealgorithms.maths;

/**
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_triple
 */
public class PythagoreanTriple {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        assert isPythagTriple(3, 4, 5);
        assert isPythagTriple(5, 12, 13);
        assert isPythagTriple(6, 8, 10);
        assert !isPythagTriple(10, 20, 30);
        assert !isPythagTriple(6, 8, 100);
        assert !isPythagTriple(-1, -1, 1);
    }

    /**
     * Check if a,b,c are a Pythagorean Triple
     *
     * @param a x/y component length of a right triangle
     * @param b y/x component length of a right triangle
     * @param c hypotenuse length of a right triangle
     * @return boolean <tt>true</tt> if a, b, c satisfy the Pythagorean theorem,
     * otherwise
     * <tt>false</tt>
     */
    public static boolean isPythagTriple(int a, int b, int c) {
        if (a <= 0 || b <= 0 || c <= 0) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return (a * a) + (b * b) == (c * c);
        }
    }
}