The CTK Exchange Forums

CTK Exchange

Subject: "Is there a name?"

Previous Topic | Next Topic

Conferences The CTK Exchange College math Topic #575
Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend
Reading Topic #575

Bractals
Member since Jun-9-03

Jun-03-06, 06:40 AM (EST)

"Is there a name?"

Is there a specific name for the five triangles that have integer sides and whose area and perimeter have the same integer value?

Alert | IP

Pierre Charland
Member since Dec-22-05

Jun-10-06, 12:34 PM (EST)

1. "RE: Is there a name?"
In response to message #0

On page
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt725/Perfect/PerTri.html
they called these perfect triangles,
but this is not a standard name.

On page
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronianTriangle.html
I found the included image where
one triangle is eqi
one triangle is iso.

AlphaChapMtl

Alert | IP

Pierre Charland
Member since Dec-22-05

Jun-10-06, 01:01 PM (EST)

2. "RE: Is there a name?"
In response to message #1

correction to my previous reply:
I meant right and iso (NOT equi and iso).

AlphaChapMtl

Alert | IP

Bractals
Member since Jun-9-03

Jun-13-06, 11:02 AM (EST)

3. "RE: Is there a name?"
In response to message #1

Thanks Pierre for the information.

Alert | IP

Conferences | Forums | Topics | Previous Topic | Next Topic