Integer Cevians - Equilateral Triangles

In summary, the conversation discussed theories and references related to integer cevians on equilateral triangles. The speakers mentioned finding examples of triangles with specific cevian lengths dividing the sides into integer parts, as well as a comprehensive study on triangles with rational altitudes, angle bisectors, or medians. They also shared a repository with equilateral triangles and their corresponding cevians in various programming languages for further experimentation.
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Is anybody familiar with any theory of integer cevians on equilateral triangles?

More specificaly, I was trying to find something about the number of integer cevians that divide the side in integer parts. Like, the eq triangle of side 8 have cevian 7 dividing one side into 3+5.

Only reference I found is here https://oeis.org/A089025
Where it examples the triangle of side 280 having cevians "247 partitioning an edge into 93+187, as well as cevian 271 that sections the edge into 19+261."
But nothing else online on how to get to these partitions or how many one could find for a specific triangle.
 
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Here is a repo with these equilateral triangles and their Cevians with all such instances going up to 7^4:

https://github.com/jprus/eisenstein-triples

It includes the complementary orthogonal Cevian multiplied by sqrt(3). In both cases you have the integer length of the sides of the equilateral triangle as well as the lengths of the partitioned sides all matched to a particular cevian of form "6i+1 prime" (as well as composite numbers with all factors of this form). The information is presented as an array of objects/structs in Racket (ie. modern DrScheme, a language popular in academia and functional programming), JavaScript, and Java so you can continue to experiment with these.
 
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1. What is an integer cevian in an equilateral triangle?

An integer cevian is a line segment drawn from one vertex of an equilateral triangle to the opposite side, dividing the side into two unequal parts with integer lengths.

2. How many integer cevians can be drawn in an equilateral triangle?

A maximum of three integer cevians can be drawn in an equilateral triangle, each originating from a different vertex.

3. What is the length of an integer cevian in an equilateral triangle?

The length of an integer cevian in an equilateral triangle can be calculated using the formula:
L = (2/3)a
where a is the length of the side of the equilateral triangle.

4. Can an integer cevian be drawn from any vertex in an equilateral triangle?

Yes, an integer cevian can be drawn from any vertex in an equilateral triangle as long as the resulting segments have integer lengths.

5. What is the significance of integer cevians in equilateral triangles?

Integer cevians have important geometric properties in equilateral triangles, such as forming similar triangles and dividing the triangle into smaller triangles with integer side lengths. They also have applications in number theory and geometry problems.

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