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On exotic Diophantine triples in $\mathbb{R}[X]$

Number Theory 2026-07-07 v1

Abstract

Originally, an exotic Diophantine triple is a set {a,b,c}\{a,b,c\} of distinct nonzero rational numbers for which a+1,b+1,c+1,ab+1,ac+1,bc+1,abc+1 a+1,\quad b+1,\quad c+1,\quad ab+1,\quad ac+1,\quad bc+1,\quad abc+1 are all perfect squares. We prove that there is no such triple in R[X]\mathbb{R}[X], with at least one nonconstant element, if none of a,b,ca,b,c is equal to 11. Equivalently, under the distinct nonzero convention, every exotic Diophantine triple in R[X]\mathbb{R}[X] with a nonconstant element must contain the element 11.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.06227,
  title  = {On exotic Diophantine triples in $\mathbb{R}[X]$},
  author = {Ana Jurasić},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06227},
  year   = {2026}
}