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Solving Quadratic and Cubic Diophantine Equations using 2-adic Valuation Trees

Number Theory 2021-05-10 v1

Abstract

For fixed integers D0D \geq 0 and c3c \geq 3, we demonstrate how to use 22-adic valuation trees of sequences to analyze Diophantine equations of the form x2+D=2cyx^2+D=2^cy and x3+D=2cyx^3+D=2^cy, for yy odd. Further, we show for what values DZ+D \in \mathbb{Z}^+, the numbers x3+Dx^3+D will generate infinite valuation trees, which lead to infinite solutions to the above Diophantine equations.

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@article{arxiv.2105.03352,
  title  = {Solving Quadratic and Cubic Diophantine Equations using 2-adic Valuation Trees},
  author = {Maila Brucal-Hallare and Eva G. Goedhart and Ryan Max Riley and Vaishavi Sharma and Bianca Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.03352},
  year   = {2021}
}

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18 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables

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