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Is the quartic Diophantine equation $A^4+hB^4=C^4+hD^4$ solvable for any integer $h$?

Number Theory 2017-02-23 v3

Abstract

The Diophantine equation A4+hB4=C4+hD4A^4+hB^4=C^4+hD^4, where hh is a fixed arbitrary positive integer, has been investigated by some authors. Currently, by computer search, the integer solutions of this equation are known for all positive integer values of h5000h \le 5000 and A,B,C,D100000A, B, C, D \le 100000, except for some numbers, while a solution of this Diophantine equation is not known for arbitrary positive integer values of hh. Gerardin and Piezas found solutions of this equation when hh is given by polynomials of degrees 55 and 22 respectively. Also Choudhry presented some new solutions of this equation when hh is given by polynomials of degrees 22, 33, and 44. In this paper, by using the elliptic curves theory, we study this Diophantine equation, where hh is a fixed arbitrary rational number. We work out some solutions of the Diophantine equation for certain values of hh, in particular for the values which has not already been found a solution in the range where A,B,C,D100000A, B, C, D \le 100000 by computer search. Also we present some new parametric solutions for the Diophantine equation when hh is given by polynomials of degrees 33, 44. Finally We present two conjectures such that if one of them is correct, then we may solve the above Diophantine equation for arbitrary rational number hh.

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@article{arxiv.1701.02602,
  title  = {Is the quartic Diophantine equation $A^4+hB^4=C^4+hD^4$ solvable for any integer $h$?},
  author = {Farzali Izadi and Mehdi Baghalagdam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02602},
  year   = {2017}
}

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