A polynomial variant of a problem of Diophantus and its consequences
Abstract
We prove that every Diophantine quadruple in is regular. More precisely, we prove that if is a set of four non-zero polynomials from , not all constant, such that the product of any two of its distinct elements increased by is a square of a polynomial from , then One consequence of this result is that there does not exist a set of four non-zero polynomials from , not all constant, such that a product of any two of them increased by a positive integer , which is not a perfect square, is a square of a polynomial from . Our result also implies that there does not exist a set of five non-zero polynomials from , not all constant, such that a product of any two of them increased by a positive integer , which is a perfect square, is a square of a polynomial from .
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@article{arxiv.1705.09194,
title = {A polynomial variant of a problem of Diophantus and its consequences},
author = {Alan Filipin and Ana Jurasić},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09194},
year = {2017}
}
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28 pages