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On a problem of Peth\H{o}

Number Theory 2017-03-16 v2

Abstract

In this paper we deal with a problem of Peth\H{o} related to existence of quartic algebraic integer α\alpha for which β=4α4α41αα1 \beta=\frac{4\alpha^4}{\alpha^4-1}-\frac{\alpha}{\alpha-1} is a quadratic algebraic number. By studying rational solutions of certain Diophantine system we prove that there are infinitely many α\alpha's such that the corresponding β\beta is quadratic. Moreover, we present a description of all quartic numbers α\alpha such that β\beta is quadratic real number.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06068,
  title  = {On a problem of Peth\H{o}},
  author = {Szabolcs Tengely and Maciej Ulas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06068},
  year   = {2017}
}
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