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Uniqueness conjectures for extended Markov numbers

Number Theory 2019-11-05 v1

Abstract

We study an extension to the uniqueness conjecture for Markov numbers. For any three positive integers mam\geq a and mbm\geq b satisfying a2+b2+m2=3abma^2+b^2+m^2=3abm, this conjecture states that the triple (a,m,b)(a,m,b) is uniquely determined by the Markov number mm. The theory of Markov numbers may be described by combinatorics of the sequences (1,1)(1,1) and (2,2)(2,2). There is an extension to the theory based on arbitrary sequences. We define extended uniqueness conjectures for any sequences μ\mu and ν\nu. We show that for certain integers a>1a>1 and b>2b>2 the extended uniqueness conjecture for the sequences μ=(a,a)\mu=(a,a) and ν=(b,b)\nu=(b,b) fails.

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@article{arxiv.1911.00746,
  title  = {Uniqueness conjectures for extended Markov numbers},
  author = {Matty van Son},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.00746},
  year   = {2019}
}
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