Short note on trirectangular equable tetrahedra with integer face areas
A Pythagorean triangle is a right triangle with integer side lenghts, denoted by \(x, y, z\). A Pythagorean triangle is \textit{equable} when its area and perimeter are the same. It is known that the only equable Pythagorean triangles are \(6, 8, 10\) and \(5, 12, 13\) [\textit{C. Aebi} and \textit{G. Cairns}, Enseign. Math. (2) 67, No. 3--4, 369--401 (2021; Zbl 1486.51020)]. The concept of equable triangles can be extended to tetrahedra with a solid right triangle (i.e. trirectangular) with integer face areas whose sum equals its volume.\N\NFirst, the author shows a very simple and direct proof of the extension of the Pythagorean theorem to trirectangular tetrahedra. Then he provides a complete and short proof of the following theorem.\N\NTheorem. There are only 9 trirectangular equable tetrahedra with integer face areas.
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