Isosceles tetrahedrons with integer edges and volume in the grid

  • Robert Brawer

    Solothurn, Switzerland
Isosceles tetrahedrons with integer edges and volume in the $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$ grid cover
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Abstract

By adding parallelogram identities, we prove an equation on the edge lengths of a tetrahedron and the diagonal lengths of its medial octahedron. By this and with the help of Euler bricks we find in the grid a family of isosceles tetrahedrons with integer edge length and integer volume.

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Robert Brawer, Isosceles tetrahedrons with integer edges and volume in the grid. Elem. Math. 78 (2023), no. 3, pp. 123–126

DOI 10.4171/EM/475