Diophantine quadruples and quintuples modulo 4

Andrej Dujella
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, ISSN 1310-5132
Volume 4, 1998, Number 4, Pages 160—164
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Andrej Dujella
Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb,
Bijenicka cesta 30, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA

Abstract

A Diophantine m-tuple with the property D(n) is a set { a1, a2 , … am} of positive integers such that for 1 ≤ i < jm, the number aiaj + n is a perfect square. In the present paper we give necessary conditions that the elements a1 of a set {a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6} must satisfy modulo 4 in order to be a Diophantine quintuple.

Keywords

  • Diophantine m-tuple,
  • Pn-set
  • congruences

AMS Classification

  • 11A07
  • 11B75
  • 11D79

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Dujella, A. (1998). Diophantine quadruples and quintuples modulo 4. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 4(4), 160-164.

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