A386980 Number of acute Heronian triangles with integer inradius n.

0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 4, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 6, 0, 1, 4, 3, 0, 8, 0, 6, 7, 2, 0, 17, 1, 0, 2, 8, 0, 14, 0, 3, 6, 1, 4, 17, 0, 0, 4, 12, 0, 27, 0, 4, 13, 1, 0, 27, 1, 4, 2, 4, 0, 13, 5, 14, 2, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 14, 4, 3, 18, 0, 5, 3, 15, 0, 41, 0, 0, 10, 4, 7, 16, 0, 18, 3, 0, 0, 60, 2, 0, 2, 18, 0, 39, 9

Offset: 1

Author

Frank M Jackson, Aug 11 2025

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

If a Heronian triangle has an inradius n, and sides (x, y, z), where x <= y <= z, then the triangle is acute iff n < (x+y-z)/2.

The only Heronian triangle with inradius 1 is the right triangle (3, 4, 5). Also, it has been proved that other than n = 3, all acute Heronian triangles have no prime inradii. For n = 3, the Heronian triangle has sides (10, 10, 12).

Empirically, it appears that the remaining occurrences of zero counts (other than 1 and the primes excluding 3) are inradii of the form 2p where p is in the set 13, 19, 29 and all other primes > 29.

The number of right integer triangles with inradius n is given by A078644, the number of obtuse Heronian triangles with inradius n is given by A386981 and the total number of Heronian triangles with inradius n is given by A120062.

Examples

			a(6) = 4, and the 4 acute Heronian triangles with inradius 6 have sides (15, 34, 35), (17, 25, 28), (17, 25, 26), (20, 20, 24).
		

Links

• Alan F. Beardon and Paul Stephenson, The Heron parameters of a triangle, Mathematical Gazette May 8, 2014.
• Frank M Jackson, Mathematica program

Crossrefs

Cf. A078644, A120062, A386981.

Programs

Mathematica

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