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Diophantus Equations and Partially Ordered Sets

Number Theory 2021-05-25 v1

Abstract

In [1] it is shown that the Diophantine equation (k!)n+kn=(n!)k+nk(k!)^n+k^n=(n!)^k+n^k only has the trivial solution n=kn=k, and (k!)nkn=(n!)knk(k!)^n-k^n=(n!)^k-n^k only has the solutions n=kn=k, (n,k)=(1,2),(n, k)=(1, 2), and (2,1)(2, 1). In this article we find all solutions of the Diophantine Equations a1!a2!an!±a1a2an=b1!b2!bk!±b1b2bka_1!a_2!\cdots a_n! \pm a_1a_2 \cdots a_n = b_1!b_2! \cdots b_k! \pm b_1b_2 \cdots b_k, where aia_i majorizes bib_i. Furthermore we find a sufficient condition on a function f:NR+f:N\to R^+ to guarantee that ff gives a monotone function on the POSET of all finite sequences of natural numbers. We then use that to solve other Diophantine equations involving factorials and generalize the results of [2]. We also explore similar Diophantine Equations for the Fibonacci Sequence and other sequences of natural numbers given by linear recursions of the form An+2=aAn+1+bAnA_{n+2}=aA_{n+1}+bA_{n}.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10710,
  title  = {Diophantus Equations and Partially Ordered Sets},
  author = {Addea Gupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10710},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages, 1 figure

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