Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4595563 Journal of Number Theory 2008 32 Pages PDF
Abstract

We generalise the notion of Heron triangles to rational-sided, cyclic n-gons with rational area using Brahmagupta's formula for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral and Robbins' formulæ for the area of cyclic pentagons and hexagons. We use approximate techniques to explore rational area n-gons for n greater than six. Finally, we produce a method of generating non-Eulerian rational area cyclic n-gons for even n and conjecturally classify all rational area cyclic n-gons.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory