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Arithmetic of triangles

Metric Geometry 2025-09-18 v5 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a set of similar triangles with parallel sides, along with a set of points in the plane. It turns out that the set R2={±<x>=±(x2,x,1);xR}\mathbb{R}_2= \{\pm <x >=\pm (x^2,x,1); x\in\mathbb{R} \} describes this set of triangles quite well. The set R2\mathbb{R}_2 is a subset of the ring R3=R×R×R={(x,y,z);x,y,zR}\mathbb{R}^3=\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}= \{ (x,y,z) ; x,y,z\in\mathbb{R} \} with addition and multiplication defined coordinate-wise. The set R2\mathbb{R}_2 is equipped with two operations. Multiplication is inherited from the ring R3\mathbb{R}^3, while addition is a ternary operation that represents homothety and translation of elements in R2\mathbb{R}_2. However, the defined addition has its limitations. It turns out that, within this framework, the reduction of terms with different signs is not always possible. This leads to the distinction between an equation that is true in the arithmetic sense and one that is true in the geometric sense. A novel form of addition in R2\mathbb{R}_2 leads to intriguing properties of multiplication in R2\mathbb{R}_2, which are examined in a dedicated chapter. In the next section we use the construction of adding to describe the dissection of the triangle into 15 triangles of different sides. In the final two sections, we consider a set of two kinds of vectors, along with a set of points on the line. The set R1={±<x>=±(x,1);xR}\mathbb{R}_1= \{\pm <x >=\pm (x,1); x\in\mathbb{R} \} describes this set vectors quite well and it is a one-dimensional reduction of the set R2\mathbb{R}_2.

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@article{arxiv.1303.5865,
  title  = {Arithmetic of triangles},
  author = {Edward Mieczkowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.5865},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

27 pages, 34 figures, added section

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