The origin of the Beauregard-Suryanarayan product on Pythagorean triples (Q2280148)

A primitive Pythagorean triple \((a,b,c)\) is identified with the element \(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}\sqrt{-1}\) on the unit circle, resulting a multiplication on (classes of) Pythagorean triples: \[ (a,b,c) \cdot_{i} (f,g,h):=(af-bg,ag+bf,ch)/\gcd(af-bg,ag+bf). \] ``We show how the multiplicative structure on Pythagorean triples defined by \textit{R. A. Beauregard} and \textit{E. R. Suryanarayan} [Coll. Math. J. 27, No. 3, 170--181 (1996; Zbl 0995.11510)] arises from automorphisms of the hyperbolic plane, and how the structure theorem of this product follow naturally from this connection. We also show how the natural involution on Pythagorean triples is related to Pell's equation with the parameter 2, and prove a generalization of this phenomenon.''