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Some observations on the Diophantine equation f(x)f(y) = f(z)²

Yong Zhang (2016)

Colloquium Mathematicae

Let f ∈ ℚ [X] be a polynomial without multiple roots and with deg(f) ≥ 2. We give conditions for f(X) = AX² + BX + C such that the Diophantine equation f(x)f(y) = f(z)² has infinitely many nontrivial integer solutions and prove that this equation has a rational parametric solution for infinitely many irreducible cubic polynomials. Moreover, we consider f(x)f(y) = f(z)² for quartic polynomials.

Sparsity of the intersection of polynomial images of an interval

Mei-Chu Chang (2014)

Acta Arithmetica

We show that the intersection of the images of two polynomial maps on a given interval is sparse. More precisely, we prove the following. Let f ( x ) , g ( x ) p [ x ] be polynomials of degrees d and e with d ≥ e ≥ 2. Suppose M ∈ ℤ satisfies p 1 / E ( 1 + κ / ( 1 - κ ) > M > p ε , where E = e(e+1)/2 and κ = (1/d - 1/d²) (E-1)/E + ε. Assume f(x)-g(y) is absolutely irreducible. Then | f ( [ 0 , M ] ) g ( [ 0 , M ] ) | M 1 - ε .

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