Right Spherical Triangle with rational sides in Spherical Trigonometry

64 Views Asked by At

What formula relates rational sides and hypotenuse in spherical geometry?

I obtained an example quite by chance:

$$ \cos \frac{5}{18} \cos \frac{1}{3} = \cos \frac{31}{72} $$

with radius of sphere $72$, sides $(20,24)$ and "hypotenuse" $31.$

.. like we have flat Euclidean sides/hypotenuse geometry using rationals $(m^2-n^2,2mn, m^2+n^2 ).$