2019 Heron triangles with three rational medians
Ralph H. Buchholz, Robert P. Stingley
Rocky Mountain J. Math. 49(2): 405-417 (2019). DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-2-405

Abstract

We study the eight elliptic curves whose rational points correspond to Heron triangles with two rational medians. We show that none of these triangles can have three rational medians.

Funding Statement

The first author was supported by the Defence Science and Technology Group. The second author was supported by the NSA.

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Ralph H. Buchholz. Robert P. Stingley. "Heron triangles with three rational medians." Rocky Mountain J. Math. 49 (2) 405 - 417, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-2-405

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Received: 14 July 2018; Revised: 21 July 2018; Published: 2019
First available in Project Euclid: 23 June 2019

zbMATH: 07079976
MathSciNet: MR3973232
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-2-405

Subjects:
Primary: 11D45 , 14G05

Keywords: Chabauty method , Elliptic curve , rational area triangle

Rights: Copyright © 2019 Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium

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