A note on a conjecture of Jeśmanowicz

Moujie Deng; G. Cohen

Colloquium Mathematicae (2000)

  • Volume: 86, Issue: 1, page 25-30
  • ISSN: 0010-1354

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Let a, b, c be relatively prime positive integers such that a 2 + b 2 = c 2 . Jeśmanowicz conjectured in 1956 that for any given positive integer n the only solution of ( a n ) x + ( b n ) y = ( c n ) z in positive integers is x=y=z=2. If n=1, then, equivalently, the equation ( u 2 - v 2 ) x + ( 2 u v ) y = ( u 2 + v 2 ) z , for integers u>v>0, has only the solution x=y=z=2. We prove that this is the case when one of u, v has no prime factor of the form 4l+1 and certain congruence and inequality conditions on u, v are satisfied.

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Deng, Moujie, and Cohen, G.. "A note on a conjecture of Jeśmanowicz." Colloquium Mathematicae 86.1 (2000): 25-30. <http://eudml.org/doc/210838>.

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