A Heron triangle and a Diophantine equation
Given any positive integer n , it is well known that there always exists a triangle with rational sides a , b and c such that the area of the triangle is n . For any pair of primes ( p , q ) such that p ≢ 1 (mod 8) and p 2 + 1 = 2 q , we look into the possibility of the existence of triangles havi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Periodica mathematica Hungarica 2023-06, Vol.86 (2), p.530-537 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Given any positive integer
n
, it is well known that there always exists a triangle with rational sides
a
,
b
and
c
such that the area of the triangle is
n
. For any pair of primes (
p
,
q
) such that
p
≢
1
(mod 8) and
p
2
+
1
=
2
q
, we look into the possibility of the existence of triangles having rational sides with
p
as the area and
p
-
1
as
tan
θ
2
for one of the angles
θ
. We also discuss the relation of such triangles with the solutions of certain Diophantine equations. |
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ISSN: | 0031-5303 1588-2829 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10998-022-00491-5 |