Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 29 Issue 1, March 1991
24 – 25
Another Proof of Heron’s Formula for the Area of a Triangle
Gurcharan Singh Bhalla
Heron of Alexandria (60 A.D.?) was a Greek mathematician. His mathematical works, included in Metrica, deal with mensuration of rectilinear figures and solids. His unique contribution to mathematics, however, is his famous relation for the area of a triangle in terms of its sides. Heron’s formula states:
