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We present a, hopefully, elementary mathematical treatment of the computational aspects of congruent numbers, such that an amateur could understand the problem and perform their own calculations.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Allan J. MacLeod

We formulate a conjecture about the distribution of the canonical height of the lowest non-torsion rational point on a quadratic twist of a given elliptic curve, as the twist varies. This conjecture seems to be very deep and we can only…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Pierre Le Boudec

Nobody has discovered any perfect cuboid and there is no formula to deliver all possible Euler bricks. During investigations of famous open problems regarding the perfect cuboid and Euler brick; I have found new important conjectures on…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Somnath Maiti

An important problem in analytic and geometric combinatorics is estimating the number of lattice points in a compact convex set in a Euclidean space. Such estimates have numerous applications throughout mathematics. In this note, we exhibit…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-19 Lenny Fukshansky , Glenn Henshaw

The celebrated theorem of Feuerbach states that the nine-point circle of a nonequilateral triangle is tangent to both its incircle and its three excircles. In this note, we give a simple proof of Feuerbach's Theorem using straightforward…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2011-07-07 Michael Scheer

This is an elementary geometrical proof of Birkhoff theorem. It is hardly important, but the pictures behind are quite nice.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Pavol Severa

The distance to Pleiades remains controversial. There is a simple way to resolve the dispute definitely by measuring the distance to one of its brightest members, Atlas, which is astrometric and spectroscopic binary.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bohdan Paczynski

In my opinion, nothing useful has ever been written on the question in the title, and small is the contribution that I have to offer. I outline an explanation for why there is something rather than nothing, an explanation which, however, I…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-11-24 Roderich Tumulka

Nandakumar asked whether there is a tiling of the plane by pairwise non-congruent triangles of equal area and equal perimeter. Here a weaker result is obtained: there is a tiling of the plane by pairwise non-congruent triangles of equal…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-31 Dirk Frettlöh

In this article we'll emphasize on two triangles and provide a vectorial proof of the fact that these triangles have the same orthocenter. This proof will further allow us to develop a vectorial proof of the Stevanovic's theorem relative to…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2011-02-02 Ion Patrascu , Florentin Smarandache

Trisecting an angle has been proved to be impossible by Euclidean Geometry, using only straight edge and compass. However, there is a method using Origami (paper folding) procedure to trisect an angle. The algebraic analysis of the same…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-02-22 Ramachandra Bhat

Two simple proofs of the triangle inequality for the Jaccard distance in terms of nonnegative, monotone, submodular functions are given and discussed.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-12-09 Sven Kosub

In this article using elementary school level Geometry we observe an alternative proof of Pythagorean Theorem from Heron's Formula.

History and Overview · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Bikash Chakraborty

We review and comment on some works of Euler and his followers on spherical geometry. We start by presenting some memoirs of Euler on spherical trigonometry. We comment on Euler's use of the methods of the calculus of variations in…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2014-09-19 Athanase Papadopoulos

A. Tarski uses in his system for the elementary geometry only the primitive concept of point, and the two primitive relations betweenness and equidistance. Another approach is the relations to be on lines instead of points. W.…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-01-06 Tatyana Ivanova , Tinko Tinchev

An elementary proof of Kepler's first law, i.e. that bounded planetary orbits are elliptical, is derived without the use of calculus. The proof is similar in spirit to previous derivations, in that conservation laws are used to obtain an…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Akarsh Simha

We give a new proof of the formula expressing the area of the triangle whose vertices are the projections of an arbitrary point in the plane onto the sides of a given triangle, in terms of the geometry of the given triangle and the location…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-08-03 Adrian Mitrea

In this paper we study properties of lattice trigonometric functions of lattice angles in lattice geometry. We introduce the definition of sums of lattice angles and establish a necessary and sufficient condition for three angles to be the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-06-07 Oleg Karpenkov

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in general position in the plane. The Second Selection Lemma states that for any family of $\Theta(n^3)$ triangles spanned by $S$, there exists a point of the plane that lies in a constant fraction of them.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Ruy Fabila-Monroy , Carlos Hidalgo-Toscano , Daniel Perz , Birgit Vogtenhuber

Tropical mathematics is used to establish a correspondence between certain microscopic and macroscopic objects in statistical models. Tropical algebra gives a common framework for macrosystems (subsets) and their elementary constituents…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-01 Mario Angelelli