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A variety of Euler's conjecture

Number Theory 2013-10-01 v1

Abstract

We consider a variety of Euler's conjecture, i.e., whether the Diophantine system {n=a1+a2++as1,a1a2as1(a1+a2++as1)=bs\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 n,b,aiZ+,i=1,2,,s1,s3.n,b,a_i\in\mathbb{Z}^+,i=1,2,\ldots,s-1,s\geq 3. By using the theory of elliptic curves, we prove that it has no solutions n,b,aiZ+n,b,a_i\in\mathbb{Z}^+ for s=3s=3, but for s=4s=4 it has infinitely many solutions n,b,aiZ+n,b,a_i\in\mathbb{Z}^+ and for s5s\geq 5 there are infinitely many polynomial solutions n,b,aiZ[t1,t2,,ts3]n,b,a_i\in\mathbb{Z}[t_1,t_2,\ldots,t_{s-3}] with positive value satisfying this Diophantine system.

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@article{arxiv.1309.7537,
  title  = {A variety of Euler's conjecture},
  author = {Tianxin Cai and Yong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7537},
  year   = {2013}
}

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