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S-Diophantine quadruples with $\mathbf{S=\{2,q\}}$

Number Theory 2014-07-28 v2

Abstract

Let SS denote a set of primes and let a1,,ama_1,\ldots,a_m be positive distinct integers. We call the mm-tuple (a1,,am)(a_1,\ldots,a_m) an SS-Diophantine tuple if aiaj+1=si,ja_ia_j+1=s_{i,j} are SS-integers for all iji\not=j. In this paper, we show that no SS-Diophantine quadruple (i.e~m=4m=4) exists if S={2,q}S=\{2,q\} with q3  (mod4)q\equiv 3\; (\bmod\, 4) or q<109q<10^9. For two arbitrary primes p,q<105p,q<10^5 we gain the same result.

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@article{arxiv.1403.5876,
  title  = {S-Diophantine quadruples with $\mathbf{S=\{2,q\}}$},
  author = {László Szalay and Volker Ziegler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.5876},
  year   = {2014}
}
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