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On large $F$-Diophantine sets

Number Theory 2018-07-23 v1

Abstract

Let FZ[x,y]F\in\mathbb{Z}[x,y] and m2m\ge2 be an integer. A set AZA\subset \mathbb{Z} is called an (F,m)(F,m)-Diophantine set if F(a,b)F(a,b) is a perfect mm-power for any a,bAa,b\in A where aba\ne b. If FF is a bivariate polynomial for which there exist infinite (F,m)(F,m)-Diophantine sets, then there is a complete qualitative characterization of all such polynomials FF. Otherwise, various finiteness results are known. We prove that given a finite set of distinct integers S S of size nn, there are infinitely many bivariate polynomials FF such that S S is an (F,2)(F,2)-Diophantine set. In addition, we show that the degree of FF can be as small as 4n/3\displaystyle 4\lfloor n/3\rfloor.

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@article{arxiv.1708.08525,
  title  = {On large $F$-Diophantine sets},
  author = {Mohammad Sadek and Nermine El-Sissi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.08525},
  year   = {2018}
}
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