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Number of solutions of linear homogenous Diophantine equation inside a box
Let $a_1, ..., a_d$ be positive reals and consider the linear Diophantine equation
$$
\sum_i a_in_i = 0.
$$
I am interested in estimating the number of integer solutions of this equation inside a ...
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(Non-)Existence of curves of low degree on affine and projective varieties
I am interested in papers that investigates the existence or non-existence of curves of low degree (relative to the degree of the ambient variety). The starting example is that of surfaces and ...
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Reference request: on sums of the form $ax^m + by^n = h$
I know that equations of the form
$$\displaystyle ax^d + by^d = h$$
with $a,b,h \in \mathbb{Z}$ have been thoroughly investigated as a special (and interesting) case of the Thue-Mahler equation, for ...
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The Theory of Transfinite Diophantine Equations [closed]
The theory of Diophantine equations is one of the main stream research areas in number theory. There are many known results and unknown conjectures about the existence of non-trivial solutions for ...
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Relative size of Egyptian fraction denominators
Suppose we have a finite Egyptian fraction decomposition of a rational:
$$\frac{n}{m} = \sum_{i=1}^k \frac{1}{x_i}$$
such that
(i) $x_i>0$,
(ii) $x_i \neq x_j$ for $i \neq j$, and
(iii) $\gcd(m, ...
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Fermat's proof for $x^3-y^2=2$
Fermat proved that $x^3-y^2=2$ has only one solution $(x,y)=(3,5)$.
After some search, I only found proofs using factorization over the ring $Z[\sqrt{-2}]$.
My question is:
Is this Fermat's original ...
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Erdős-Straus with 4 terms
The Erdős-Straus conjecture states that any fraction of the form $\frac{4}{n}$ can be decomposed as an Egyptian fraction with just 3 terms. In related research, I've recently come across conditions on ...
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Hurwitz integers and $F_4$
The Hurwitz integers are
$$
\mathcal H=
\{a+bi+cj+dk:a,b,c,d\in\mathbb Z\;\text{ or } \;a,b,c,d\in \tfrac12+\mathbb Z\}.
$$
I want to know if there is a formula, for $m\in\mathbb Z$, for the number ...
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A good introduction to S unit equations
I was looking up some stuff when I stumbled across S unit equations. It seems to me that they are quite helpful in number theory, as given in this paper.
http://faculty.nps.edu/pstanica/research/...
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Are nontrivial integer solutions known for $x^3+y^3+z^3=3$?
The Diophantine equation
$$x^3+y^3+z^3=3$$
has four easy integer solutions: $(1,1,1)$ and the three permutations of $(4,4,-5)$. Elsenhans and Jahnel wrote in 2007 that these were all the solutions ...
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Diophantine equation with no integer solutions, but with solutions modulo every integer
It's probably common knowledge that there are Diophantine equations which do not admit any solutions in the integers, but which admit solutions modulo $n$ for every $n$. This fact is stated, for ...
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English translation of Voronoi's dissertation
I am looking for an English translation of Voronoi's doctoral dissertation, "On a generalization of the Algorithm of Continued Fractions." I can only find it in the original Russian.
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