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A new formulation of the subject equation is presented. Several parametric and semi-parametric solutions are derived. The parametric solution for a=-1 was originally presented in 1972, but never published. A computer-generated version was…
For given positive integers $n$ and $a$, let $R(n;\,a)$ denote the number of positive integer solutions $(x,\,y)$ of the Diophantine equation $$ {a\over n}={1\over x}+{1\over y}. $$ Write $$ S(N;\,a)=\sum_{\substack{n\leq N…
Using the modular method, we study solutions to the Diophantine equation $$Aa^p+Bb^p=Cc^2$$ over number fields. We first prove an asymptotic result for general number fields satisfying an appropriate $S$-unit condition by assuming some…
Let B_n={x_i \cdot x_j=x_k, x_i+1=x_k: i,j,k \in {1,...,n}}. For a positive integer n, let \xi(n) denote the smallest positive integer b such that for each system S \subseteq B_n with a unique solution in positive integers x_1,...,x_n, this…
We study diophantine equations of the form ${a_1 + \ldots + a_n = 0}$ where the $a_i$'s are assumed to be coprime and to satisfy certain subsum conditions. We are interested in the limit superior of the qualities of the admissible solutions…
We investigate the Lebesgue--Nagell equation \begin{align*} x^2-2=y^p \end{align*} in integers $x,y,p$ with $p\geq 3$ an odd prime. A longstanding folklore conjecture asserts that the only solutions are the ``trivial'' ones with $y=-1$. We…
Let $1<k<14/5$, $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\lambda_3$ and $\lambda_4$ be non-zero real numbers, not all of the same sign such that $\lambda_1/\lambda_2$ is irrational and let $\omega$ be a real number. We prove that the inequality…
The present work includes some of the author's original researches on integer solutions of Diophantine liner equations and systems. The notion of "general integer solution" of a Diophantine linear equation with two unknowns is extended to…
In this paper we introduce a new diophantine inequality with prime numbers. Let $1<c<\frac{10}{9}$. We show that for any fixed $\theta>1$, every sufficiently large positive number $N$ and a small constant $\varepsilon>0$, the tangent…
Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an integer solution of the diophantine equation $m/n=1/x(\lambda)+1/y(\lambda)+1/z(\lambda)$ with $n=b+a\lambda$ are explicitly given for a,b coprime and a not a multiple of m . The…
We investigate a variation of Nicomachus's identity in which one term in the cubic sum is replaced by a different cube. Specifically, we study the Diophantine identity \[ \sum_{j=1}^{n} j^3 + x^3 - k^3 = \left( \sum_{j=1}^{n} j + x - k…
A famous problem posed by Diophantus was to find sets of distinct positive rational numbers such that the product of any two is one less than a rational square. Some sets of six such numbers are presented and the computational algorithm…
Motivated by questions in cryptography, we look for diophantine equations that are hard to solve but for which determining the number of solutions is easy.
We prove that the Diophantine equation N X^2 + 2^L 3^M = Y^N has no solutions (N,X,Y,L,M) in positive integers with N > 1 and gcd(NX,Y) = 1, generalizing results of Luca, Wang and Wang, and Luca and Soydan. Our proofs use results of Bilu,…
Let $k$ be a positive integer, and let $a,b$ be coprime positive integers with $\min\{a,b\}>1$. In this paper, using a combination of some elementary number theory techniques with classical results on the Nagell-Ljunggren equation, the…
In a recent work, the present author developed an efficient method to find the number of solutions of $ax+by+cz=n$ in non-negative integer triples $(x,y,z)$ where $a,b,c$ and $n$ are given natural numbers. In this note, we use that formula…
Here, we find all positive integer solutions of the Diophantine equation in the title, where $(\mathcal{U}_n)_{n\geqslant 0}$ is the generalized Lucas sequence $\mathcal{U}_0=0, \ \mathcal{U}_1=1$ and $\mathcal{U}_{n+1}=r \mathcal{U}_n +s…
We present structural results on solutions to the Diophantine system $A{\boldsymbol y} = {\boldsymbol b}$, ${\boldsymbol y} \in \mathbb Z^t_{\ge 0}$ with the smallest number of non-zero entries. Our tools are algebraic and number theoretic…
In this paper we show that, for any fixed $1<c<967/805$, every sufficiently large positive number $N$ and a small constant $\varepsilon>0$, the diophantine inequality \begin{equation*} |p_1^c+p_2^c+p_3^c+p_4^c-N|<\varepsilon \end{equation*}…
For the positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the number of positive integer solutions $(n_1, n_2, n_3)$ of the Diophantine equation $$ {4\over n}={1\over n_1}+{1\over n_2}+{1\over n_3}. $$ For the prime number $p$, $f(p)$ can be split…