Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Mathematics and Statistics
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 35e
  • Issue: 2

A Pure Exponential Diophantine Equation

Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, 525000, Guangdong, P.R. China

*Email: zhongli559@163.com

Online published on 10 January, 2017.

Abstract

Let u be an even integer. In this paper we prove that if 4| u and u ≥208, then the equation (u3-3u)x + (3u2-1)y = (u2 +1)z has only the positive integer solution (x, y, z) = (2, 2, 3). This result basically determine all solutions of the equation.

Keywords

Even integer, Equation, Positive integer solution