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A unique pair of triangles
Published 26 Sep 2018 in math.NT | (1809.09936v1)
Abstract: A rational triangle is a triangle with sides of rational lengths. In this short note, we prove that there exists a unique pair of a rational right triangle and a rational isosceles triangle which have the same perimeter and the same area. In the proof, we determine the set of rational points on a certain hyperelliptic curve by a standard but sophisticated argument which is based on the 2-descent on its Jacobian variety and Coleman's theory of $p$-adic abelian integrals.
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