A378148 a(n) is the number of distinct trapezoids having integer sides and height with exactly one pair of parallel sides and area n.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 4, 0, 2, 2, 1, 1, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 5, 0, 2, 3, 1, 0, 6, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 7, 1, 3, 2, 1, 0, 9, 0, 1, 3, 3, 2, 8, 0, 3, 2, 3, 0, 10, 0, 1, 5, 3, 0, 9, 0, 6, 3, 1, 0, 10, 2, 1, 2

Offset

1,15

Comments

The number of trapezoids having integer sides and height, which are neither right-angled nor isosceles, is a(n) - A378149(n) - A378150(n). The first trapezoid, which is neither right-angled nor isosceles, appears at a(36).

a(p) = 0 for prime p. Proof: Suppose there is a trapezoid with integer sides and prime area p. Then in p = m*h (m is the average of the parallel sides and h is the height of the trapezoid) m = p and h = 1 or m = p/2 and h = 2. At least one nonparallel side of the trapezoid is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg h. Legs in integer right triangles are >= 3. This is a contradiction and therefore a(p) = 0.

A214602 is the index of the positive terms in this sequence.

There are also integer-sided trapezoids with integer area that do not have an integer height. For example, the trapezoid with sides p = 630, d = 615, q = 5, f = 40 (p and q are parallel) has an area of 12192 and a height of h = 38.4.

Links

Felix Huber, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Felix Huber, Illustration of a(54) = 7

Felix Huber, Illustration of a(92) = 4

Felix Huber, Trapezoids having integer sides and height with area n

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Trapezoid

Formula

a(p) = 0 for prime p.

Example

a(54) = 7 because there are 7 distinct trapezoids [p, d, q, f, h] (p and q are parallel, height h) having integer sides and height with area 54:[17, 10, 1, 10, 6], [13, 6, 5, 10, 6], [22, 5, 14, 5, 3], [20, 3, 16, 5, 3], [8, 15, 1, 20, 12], [7, 12, 2, 13, 12], [15, 4, 12, 5, 4].
For a(54) = 7 and (92) = 4 see the linked illustrations.
See also the linked Maple program "Trapezoids having integer sides and height with area n".

Maple

A378148:=proc(n)
   local a, m, p, q, h, x, y, M;
   a:=0;
   M:=map(x->x/2, NumberTheory:-Divisors(2*n) minus {1, 2});
   for m in M do
      for q from 1 to m-1/2 do
         p:=2*m-q;
         h:=n/m;
         for x from max(3, floor((p-q+1)/2)) to (h^2-1)/2 do
            y:=p-q-x;
            if issqr(x^2+h^2) and issqr(y^2+h^2) then
               a:=a+1
            fi
         od
      od
   od;
   return a
end proc;
seq(A378148(n), n=1..87);

Crossrefs

Cf. A024406, A027750, A103606, A214602, A340858, A340859, A340860, A365049, A374594, A378149, A378150.

Sequence in context: A200123 A187616 A217262 * A260616 A284950 A308298

Adjacent sequences: A378145 A378146 A378147 * A378149 A378150 A378151

Keyword

nonn

Author

Felix Huber, Dec 02 2024

Status

approved