Title of article :
Cyclic polygons with rational sides and area Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
Ralph H. Buchholz، نويسنده , , James A. MacDougall، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Abstract :
We generalise the notion of Heron triangles to rational-sided, cyclic n-gons with rational area using Brahmaguptaʹs formula for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral and Robbinsʹ formulæ for the area of cyclic pentagons and hexagons. We use approximate techniques to explore rational area n-gons for n greater than six. Finally, we produce a method of generating non-Eulerian rational area cyclic n-gons for even n and conjecturally classify all rational area cyclic n-gons.
Keywords :
Heron triangle , Rational area , Rational polygon , Cyclic polygon
Journal title :
Journal of Number Theory
Journal title :
Journal of Number Theory