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Heronian

Heronian meaning

Of or relating to Hero of Alexandria, Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.

Example sentences (2)

If (a, b, c) is a Heronian triple, so is (ma, mb, mc) where m is any positive integer greater than one.

The Heronian triple (a, b, c) is primitive provided a, b, c are pairwise relatively prime (as with a Pythagorean triple).