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$k$-Diophantine $m$-tuples in Finite Fields

Number Theory 2022-01-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we define a kk-Diophantine mm-tuple to be a set of mm positive integers such that the product of any kk distinct positive integers is one less than a perfect square. We study these sets in finite fields Fp\mathbb{F}_p for odd prime pp and guarantee the existence of a kk-Diophantine m-tuple provided pp is larger than some explicit lower bound. We also give a formula for the number of 3-Diophantine triples in Fp\mathbb{F}_p as well as an asymptotic formula for the number of kk-Diophantine kk-tuples.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2201.06232,
  title  = {$k$-Diophantine $m$-tuples in Finite Fields},
  author = {Trajan Hammonds and Seoyoung Kim and Steven J. Miller and Arjun Nigam and Kyle Onghai and Dishant Saikia and Lalit M. Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06232},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

18 pages with 2 figure and 2 tables; comments welcome

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