Heron triangles with two fixed sides (Q996270): Difference between revisions

A Heron triangle is a triangle with the property that the lengths of its sides and its area are positive integers. For positive integers \(a\) and \(b\) let \(H(a,b)\) be the number of positive integers \(c\) such that the triangle of sides \(a,b\) and \(c\) is Heron. The authors study the function \(H(a,b)\). They prove that \(H(a,b)\leq 4\tau(ab)^2\), where \(\tau\) is the number of divisors function. If \(p\) and \(q\) are prime numbers, then \(H(p,q)=0\) if \(p\equiv q\equiv 3\pmod 4\), \(H(p,q)=2\) if \(p=q\equiv 1\pmod 4\), \(H(p,q)\leq 2\) if \(p\neq q\) and exactly one of \(p\) and \(q\) is \(\equiv 3\pmod 4\), \(H(p,q)\leq 5\) if \(p\neq q\) and both \(p\) and \(q\) are \(\equiv 1\pmod 4\). The estimate \[ \sum_{a,b\leq x}H(a,b)<x^{\frac{25}{13}+o(1)} \] holds as \(x\to\infty\).