Thales's theorem theorem is named after Thales because he was said by ancient sources to have been the first to prove the theorem, using his own results that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal, and that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180°. Dante's "Paradiso" (canto 13, lines 101–102) refers to Thales's theorem in the course of a speech. The following facts are used: the sum of the angles in a triangle is equal to 180° and the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal. Since = = , ∆OBA and ∆OBC are isosceles
Integer triangle formula_112 and formula_113 generate the same triple. Unfortunately the two pairs can both be of gcd=3, so we can't avoid duplicates by simply skipping that case. Instead, duplicates can be avoided by formula_27 going only till formula_115. Note that we still need to divide by 3 if gcd=3. The only solution for formula_116 under the above constraints is formula_117 for formula_118. With this additional formula_119 constraint all triples can be generated uniquely. An Eisenstein triple is a set of integers which are the lengths of the sides of a triangle where one of the angles is 60 degrees. Integer triangles