Hyperbolic Heron Triangles and Elliptic Curves
Number Theory
2021-02-11 v1 Metric Geometry
Abstract
We define hyperbolic Heron triangles (hyperbolic triangles with "rational" side-lengths and area) and parametrize them in two ways as rational points of certain elliptic curves. We show that there are infinitely many hyperbolic Heron triangles with one angle and area for any (admissible) choice of and ; in particular, the congruent number problem has always infinitely many solutions in the hyperbolic setting. We also explore the question of hyperbolic triangles with a rational median and a rational area bisector (median splitting the triangle in half).
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@article{arxiv.2102.05158,
title = {Hyperbolic Heron Triangles and Elliptic Curves},
author = {Matilde Lalín and Olivier Mila},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05158},
year = {2021}
}
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16 pages