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Diophantine $D(n)$-quadruples in $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{4k + 2}]$

Number Theory 2024-06-27 v2

Abstract

Let dd be a square-free integer and Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}] a quadratic ring of integers. For a given nZ[d]n\in\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}], a set of mm non-zero distinct elements in Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}] is called a Diophantine D(n)D(n)-mm-tuple (or simply D(n)D(n)-mm-tuple) in Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}] if product of any two of them plus nn is a square in Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}]. Assume that d2(mod4)d \equiv 2 \pmod 4 is a positive integer such that x2dy2=1x^2 - dy^2 = -1 and x2dy2=6x^2 - dy^2 = 6 are solvable in integers. In this paper, we prove the existence of infinitely many D(n)D(n)-quadruples in Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}] for n=4m+4kdn = 4m + 4k\sqrt{d} with m,kZm, k \in \mathbb{Z} satisfying m≢5(mod6)m \not\equiv 5 \pmod{6} and k≢3(mod6)k \not\equiv 3 \pmod{6}. Moreover, we prove the same for n=(4m+2)+4kdn = (4m + 2) + 4k\sqrt{d} when either m≢9(mod12)m \not\equiv 9 \pmod{12} and k≢3(mod6)k \not\equiv 3 \pmod{6}, or m≢0(mod12)m \not\equiv 0 \pmod{12} and k≢0(mod6)k \not\equiv 0 \pmod{6}. At the end, some examples supporting the existence of quadruples in Z[d]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{d}] with the property D(n)D(n) for the above exceptional nn's are provided for d=10d = 10.

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@article{arxiv.2302.04145,
  title  = {Diophantine $D(n)$-quadruples in $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{4k + 2}]$},
  author = {Kalyan Chakraborty and Shubham Gupta and Azizul Hoque},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04145},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

18 pages. To appear in `Glasnik matemati\v{c}ki'