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The well-known Lagrange's four-square theorem states that any integer $n\in\mathbb{N}=\{0,1,2,...\}$ can be written as the sum of four squares. Recently, Z.-W. Sun investigated the representations of $n$ as $x^2+y^2+z^2+w^2$ with certain…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Hai-Liang Wu , Zhi-Wei Sun

This article, complement to the article [Que], deals with some generalizations of Futw\"angler's theorems for the second case of Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT2). Let $p$ be an odd prime, $\zeta$ a $p$th primitive root of unity, $K:=\Q(\zeta)$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-24 Roland Quême

We solve the diophantine equations x^4 + d y^2 = z^p for d=2 and d=3 and any prime p>349 and p>131 respectively. The method consists in generalizing the ideas applied by Frey, Ribet and Wiles in the solution of Fermat's Last Theorem, and by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-04-14 Luis Dieulefait , Jorge Jimenez Urroz

Fermat's Last Theorem is proved by using the philosophical and mathematical knowledge of 1637 when the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat claimed to have a truly marvelous proof of his conjecture. Our approach consists of setting three…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Hector Ivan Nunez

The Modular Group provides simple proofs of Fermat's representations: X^2+Y^2 for primes congruent to 1 (mod 4) and by X^2+3Y^2 for primes congruent to 1 (mod 3)

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Robert J Sibner

Let $K$ be a totally real field. By the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem over $K$ we mean the statement that there is a constant $B_K$ such that for prime exponents $p>B_K$ the only solutions to the Fermat equation $a^p + b^p + c^p = 0$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-19 Nuno Freitas , Samir Siksek

In this paper we obtain bounds for integer solutions of quadratic polynomials in two variables that represent a natural number. Also we get some results on twin prime numbers. In addition, we use linear functionals to prove some results of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-02-25 B. M. Cerna Maguiña , Victor H. López Solís , Dik D. Lujerio Garcia

Euler proves that the sum of two 4th powers can't be a 4th power and that the difference of two distinct non-zero 4th powers can't be a 4th power and Fermat's theorem that the equation x(x+1)/2=y^4 can only be solved in integers if x=1 and…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2012-02-20 Leonhard Euler , Artur Diener , Alexander Aycock

Let L_t denote the t-th Lucas number. We prove that the Diophantine equation L_m^{n+k} + L_m^n = L_r has no solutions in positive integers r, m, n, and k with m >= 2. In the case n = 1, the proof is based on a precise factorization formula…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Seyran S. Ibrahimov , Nazim I. Mahmudov

Recent results of Freitas, Kraus, Sengun and Siksek, give sufficient criteria for the asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem to hold over a specific number field. Those works in turn build on many deep theorems in arithmetic geometry. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-22 Nuno Freitas , Alain Kraus , Samir Siksek

In a recent work the authors prove the effective asymptotic Fermat's Last Theorem for the infinite family of fields $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2^{r+2}})^+$ where $r \ge 0$. A crucial step in their proof is the following conjecture of Kraus. Let $K$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Nuno Freitas , Alain Kraus , Samir Siksek

An important unsolved problem in Diophantine number theory is to establish a general method to effectively find all solutions to any given $S$-unit equation with at least four terms. Although there are many works contributing to this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Takafumi Miyazaki

In this article we show that the form $x^2 + iy^2 + z^2 + iw^2$ represents all gaussian integers. The main tools used in this proof are Fermat's little theorem (over finite field extensions), the Mordell-Niven theorem (representation of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-05-12 Felix Sidokhine

Let $K$ be a totally real number field of odd degree. Let $l \geq 5$ be a prime with $l \nmid [K:\mathbb{Q}]$ and $\gcd(\frac{l-1}{2}, [K:\mathbb{Q}])=1$. We prove that if $2$ is inert in $K$, $l$ is non-Wieferich, i.e., $2^{l-1} \not\equiv…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Satyabrat Sahoo

Let $K$ be a totally real number field. For all prime number $p\geq 5$, let us denote by $F_p$ the Fermat curve of equation $x^p+y^p+z^p=0$. Under the assumption that $2$ is totally ramified in $K$, we establish some results about the set…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Alain Kraus

We consider the generalized Fermat equation (*) $x^2 + y^3 = z^{25}$. Using the known parameterization of the primitive integral solutions to $x^2 + y^3 = z^5$ (due to Edwards), we reduce the solution of (*) to the solution of five specific…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Nuno Freitas , Michael Stoll

Lagrange's four squares theorem is a classical theorem in number theory. Recently, Z.-W. Sun found that it can be further refined in various ways. In this paper we study some conjectures of Sun and obtain various refinements of Lagrange's…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-09 Yu-Chen Sun , Zhi-Wei Sun

We find all positive integer solutions in $x, y$ and $n$ of $x^2+19^{2k+1}=4y^{n}$ for any non-negative integer $k$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-24 Sanjay Bhatter , Azizul Hoque , Richa Sharma

Generalised Fermat equation (GFE) is the equation of the form $ax^p+by^q=cz^r$, where $a,b,c,p,q,r$ are positive integers. If $1/p+1/q+1/r<1$, GFE is known to have at most finitely many primitive integer solutions $(x,y,z)$. A large body of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Ashleigh Ratcliffe , Bogdan Grechuk

We investigate here the representability of integers as sums of triangular numbers, where the $n$-th triangular number is given by $T_n = n(n + 1)/2$. In particular, we show that $f(x_1,x_2,..., x_k) = b_1 T_{x_1} +...+ b_k T_{x_k}$, for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-07 Wieb Bosma , Ben Kane