Euler in Babylon

Angular Bisector and Tangent

June 11, 2010

Given is an integer sided triangle ABC with BCACAB.k is the angular bisector of angle ACB.m is the tangent at C to the circumscribed circle of ABC.n is a line parallel to m through B. The intersection of n and k is called E.

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How many triangles ABC with a perimeter not exceeding 100 000 exist such that BE has integral length?


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