A378150 a(n) is the number of distinct integer-sided isosceles trapezoids with exactly one pair of parallel sides and area n.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 1, 0, 0, 4, 1, 0, 1, 2

Offset: 1

Author

Felix Huber, Dec 02 2024

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Integer-sided isosceles trapezoids with integer area have an integer height. Proof: In an isosceles trapezoid with integer sides and parallel sides p, q with p = q + 2*x, the denominator of x must not be greater than 2. Let us consider the right-angled triangle x, h, d: Assuming that h is not an integer, then x cannot be an integer either, since x = sqrt(d^2 - h^2). Therefore x = (2*s - 1)/2 where s is a positive integer. Since h = 2*n/(p + q) is rational and h = sqrt(d^2 - x^2), it follows that h = (2*t - 1)/2 where t is a positive integer and d^2 = s^2 - s + t^2 - t + 1/2. d is therefore not an integer. It follows that isosceles trapezoids with integer sides and area also have an integer height.

Examples

			a(54) = 2 because there are 2 distinct integer-sided isosceles trapezoids [p, d, q, d, h] (p and q are parallel, height h) with area 54: [17, 10, 1, 10, 6], [22, 5, 14, 5, 3].
See also linked Maple program "Integer-sided isosceles trapezoids with area n".
		

Links

• Felix Huber, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Felix Huber, Integer-sided isosceles trapezoids with area n
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Isosceles Trapezoid

Crossrefs

Cf. A027750, A214602, A340858, A340859, A340860, A374594, A378148, A378149.

Programs

Maple

A378150:=proc(n)
   local a,m,q,M;
   a:=0;
   M:=NumberTheory:-Divisors(n) minus {1};
   for m in M do
      for q from 1 to m-3 do
         if issqr(((m-q))^2+(n/m)^2) then
            a:=a+1;
         fi
      od
   od;
   return a
end proc;
seq(A378150(n),n=1..88);

Formula

a(p) = 0 for prime p.