Some determinants and relations in Heronian friezes

Abstract

In this article, we give algebraic relations and determinant vanishing equalities that hold for the entries of a single Heronian diamond of a Heronian frieze arising from a cyclic $n$-gon. We also give algebraic relations that hold between entries of multiple adjacent diamonds of such a frieze. Furthermore, we define a plane Heronian frieze, and establish some more determinant vanishing equalities for the entries of a plane Heronian frieze arising from a cyclic $n$-gon, where $n$ is a positive integer divisible by $4$.