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A perfect cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped whose edges, whose face diagonals, and whose space diagonal are of integer lengths. The second cuboid conjecture specifies a subclass of perfect cuboids described by one Diophantine equation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Ruslan Sharipov

We show that the perfect Euler brick (perfect cuboid) problem is equivalent to the following elementary question: do there exist coprime integers $a, b, m, n$ such that the two expressions $(2(a^2-b^2)mn)^2 + ((a^2+b^2)(m^2-n^2))^2$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-13 René Peschmann

We consider a variety of Euler's conjecture, i.e., whether the Diophantine system \[\begin{cases} n=a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{s-1}, a_{1}a_{2}\cdots a_{s-1}(a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{s-1})=b^{s} \end{cases}\] has solutions…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-01 Tianxin Cai , Yong Zhang

Building on the genus-3 reduction $C_A : w^2 = \lambda^8 + A \lambda^4 + 1$ established in our companion paper (arXiv:2604.09328), we give an unconditional proof of the perfect-cuboid conjecture ("Conjecture B") on $1{,}072$ explicit…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-01 René Peschmann

We will be presenting two theorems in this paper. The first theorem, which is a new result, is about the non-existence of integer solutions of the cubic diophantine equation. In the proof of this theorem we have used some known results from…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Joseph Amal Nathan

A perfect number is a number whose divisors add up to twice the number itself. The existence of odd perfect numbers is a millennia-old unsolved problem. This note proposes a proof of the nonexistence of odd perfect numbers. More generally,…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2011-03-04 N. A. Carella

The Erd\H{o}s-Mollin-Walsh conjecture, asserting the nonexistence of three consecutive powerful integers, remains a celebrated open problem in number theory. A natural line of inquiry, following recent work by Chan (2025), is to investigate…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Jialai She

A rational perfect cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped whose edges and face diagonals are given by rational numbers and whose space diagonal is equal to unity. Its existence is equivalent to the existence of a perfect cuboid with all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-14 John Ramsden , Ruslan Sharipov

We study arithmetic constraints arising from the three faces meeting along the space diagonal of a rectangular cuboid. Using a propagation mechanism along this diagonal, based on the appearance of a minimal odd prime in certain triangular…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Stéphane Yelle

A perfect cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped with integer edges and integer face diagonals whose space diagonal is also integer. The existence of such cuboids is neither proved, nor disproved. A rational perfect cuboid is a natural…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-02 Ruslan Sharipov

Two cubic equations and three auxiliary equations for edges and face diagonals of a rational perfect cuboid have been recently derived. They constitute a background for two inverse problems. The coefficients of cubic equations and the right…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-10 John Ramsden , Ruslan Sharipov

In this paper we prove that there cannot exist a perfect Euler box with a semiprime side. We first display the proof, which uses nothing more than elementary number theory. Due to the elementary nature of this proof, it is possible that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Riley Tao

We consider Diophantine quintuples $\{a, b, c, d, e\}$. These are sets of distinct positive integers, the product of any two elements of which is one less than a perfect square. It is conjectured that there are no Diophantine quintuples; we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Mihai Cipu , Tim Trudgian

The main result in this paper is the proof of the recently conjectured non-existence of cubic Legendre multiplier sequences. We also give an alternative proof of the non-existence of linear Legendre multiplier sequences, using a method that…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-05-05 Tamás Forgács , James Haley , Rebecca Menke , Carlee Simon

Based on the MRDP theorem, we introduce the ideas of the proof equation of a formula and universal proof equation of Peano Arithmetic (PA); and then, combining universal proof equation and G\"odel's Second Incompleteness Theorem, it is…

Logic · Mathematics 2010-09-09 T. Mei

A rational perfect cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped whose edges and face diagonals are given by rational numbers and whose space diagonal is equal to unity. Finding such a cuboid is equivalent to finding a perfect cuboid with all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-07 Ruslan Sharipov

A set of positive integers with the property that the product of any two of them is the successor of a perfect square is called Diophantine $D(-1)$--set. Such objects are usually studied via a system of generalized Pell equations naturally…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Nicolae Ciprian Bonciocat , Mihai Cipu , Maurice Mignotte

Let $N$ be an odd perfect number. Then, Euler proved that there exist some integers $n, \alpha$ and a prime $q$ such that $N = n^{2}q^{\alpha}$, $q \nmid n$, and $q \equiv \alpha \equiv 1 \bmod 4$. In this note, we prove that the ratio…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Yoshinosuke Hirakawa

We study the interplay among Wall's $D(2)$ problem, normal generation conjecture (the Wiegold Conjecture) of perfect groups and Swan's problem on partial Euler characteristic and deficiency of groups. In particular, for a 3-dimensional…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Feng Ji , Shengkui Ye

We give a new proof for Godel's second incompleteness theorem, based on Kolmogorov complexity, Chaitin's incompleteness theorem, and an argument that resembles the surprise examination paradox. We then go the other way around and suggest…

Logic · Mathematics 2010-11-24 Shira Kritchman , Ran Raz