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In this paper we deal with a non-linear Diophantine equation which arises from the determinant computation of an integer matrix. We show how to find a solution, when it exists. We define an equivalence relation and show how the set of all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Massimo Salvi

Let $A\subset \N_{+}$ and by $P_{A}(n)$ denotes the number of partitions of an integer $n$ into parts from the set $A$. The aim of this paper is to prove several result concerning the existence of integer solutions of Diophantine equations…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-27 Szabolcs Tengely , Maciej Ulas

The object of this paper is to give a new proof of all the solutions of the Diophantine equation x^2+11^m=y^n; in positive integers x, y with odd m>1 and n>=3.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Gokhan Soydan , Musa Demirci , Ismail Naci Cangul

Let $r, v, n$ be positive integers. This paper investigate the number of solutions $s_{r,v}(n)$ of the following infinite Diophantine equations $$ n=1^{r}\cdot |k_{1}|^{v}+2^{r}\cdot |k_{2}|^{v}+3^{r}\cdot |k_{3}|^{v}+\ldots, $$ for ${\bf…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Nian Hong Zhou , Yalin Sun

An open conjecture of Erdos and Moser is that the only solution of the Diophantine equation in the title is the trivial solution 1+2=3. Reducing the equation modulo k and k^2, we give necessary and sufficient conditions on solutions to the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-07-13 Jonathan Sondow , Kieren MacMillan

Let $p$ be a prime integer, $\mathbb{Z}_p$ the finite field of order $p$ and $\mathbb{Z}^{*}_{p}$ is its multiplicative cyclic group. We consider the Diophantine equation $x^n + y^n = z^n$ with $1 \leq n \leq \frac{p - 1}{2}$. Our main aim…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-10 Silvia R. Valdes , Yelena Shvets

We consider Diophantine equations of the shape $ f(x) = g(y) $, where the polynomials $ f $ and $ g $ are elements of power sums. Using a finiteness criterion of Bilu and Tichy, we will prove that under suitable assumptions infinitely many…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Clemens Fuchs , Sebastian Heintze

Given two relatively prime numbers $a$ and $b$, it is known that exactly one of the two Diophantine equations has a nonnegative integral solution $(x,y)$: $$ ax + by \ =\ \frac{(a-1)(b-1)}{2}\quad \mbox{ and }\quad 1 + ax + by \ =\…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Hung Viet Chu , Rishabh Gulecha , Sicheng Guo , Nathanael Johnson , Steven J. Miller , Yeju Shin

In this paper, we prove an asymptotic formula for the average number of solutions to the Diophantine equation $axy-x-y=n$ in which $a$ is fixed and and $n$ varies.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-16 Jing-Jing Huang

In this paper, we give a specific way of describing positive integer solutions of a Diophantine equation $(x+y)^2+(y+z)^2+(z+x)^2=12xyz$ and introduce a generalized cluster pattern behind it.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Yasuaki Gyoda

The objective of the paper is to determine the complete solutions for the Diophantine equation $x^2 + 3^{\alpha}113^{\beta} = y^{\mathfrak{n}}$ in positive integers $x$ and $y$ (where $x, y \geq 1$), non-negative exponents $\alpha$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-20 S. Muthuvel , R. Venkatraman

For each integer $n\geq 1$ we consider the unique polynomials $P, Q\in\mathbb{Q}[x]$ of smallest degree $n$ that are solutions of the equation $P(x)x^{n+1}+Q(x)(x+1)^{n+1}=1$. We derive numerous properties of these polynomials and their…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Karl Dilcher , Maciej Ulas

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

We consider the number of solutions in positive integers $(x,y,z)$ for the purely exponential Diophantine equation $a^x+b^y =c^z$ (with $\gcd(a,b)=1$). Apart from a list of known exceptions, a conjecture published in 2016 claims that this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Robert Styer

Let $a, b\in \mathbb{N}$ be relatively prime. Previous work showed that exactly one of the two equations $ax + by = (a-1)(b-1)/2$ and $ax + by + 1 = (a-1)(b-1)/2$ has a nonnegative, integral solution; furthermore, the solution is unique.…

We investigate the number of integer solutions to a multiplicative Diophantine approximation problem and show that the associated counting function converges in distribution to a normal law. Our approach relies on the analysis of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Michael Björklund , Reynold Fregoli , Alexander Gorodnik

We give upper bounds for the number of integral solutions of bounded height to a system of equations $f_i(x_1,\ldots,x_n) = 0$, $1 \leq i \leq r$, where the $f_i$ are polynomials with integer coefficients. The estimates are obtained by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-07 Oscar Marmon

Recently, several bounds have been obtained on the number of solutions to congruences of the type $$ (x_1+s)...(x_{\nu}+s)\equiv (y_1+s)...(y_{\nu}+s)\not\equiv0 \pmod p $$ modulo a prime $p$ with variables from some short intervals. Here,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-10-25 Jean Bourgain , Moubariz Z. Garaev , Sergei V. Konyagin , Igor E. Shparlinski

In this paper, we find a bound for the number of the positive solutions to the titled equation, improving a result of Togb\'e. As a consequence, we prove a conjecture of Togb\'e in a few cases.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-04-09 Tarek Garici , Omar Kihel , Jesse Larone

We give the complete solution in integers $(n,a,b,x,y)$ of the title equation when $\gcd(x,y)=1$, except for the case when $xab$ is odd.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-01-15 I. N. Cangül , M. Demirci , G. Soydan , N. Tzanakis