A note on the Diophantine equations x₁^k + x₂^k + x₃^k + x₄^k = 2y₁^k + 2y₂^k , k = 3, 6

Farzali Izadi, Foad Khoshnam and Arman Shamsi Zargar
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, ISSN 1310–5132
Volume 20, 2014, Number 5, Pages 1–10
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Farzali Izadi
Department of Pure Mathematics, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University
Tabriz 53751-71379, Iran

Foad Khoshnam
Department of Pure Mathematics, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University
Tabriz 53751-71379, Iran

Arman Shamsi Zargar
Department of Pure Mathematics, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University
Tabriz 53751-71379, Iran

Abstract

It is shown that infinitely many primitive solutions on the Diophantine equations of the title can be found on employing the theory of elliptic curves, which makes it possible to naturally find larger solutions in a matter of minutes.

Keywords

• Diophantine equation
• Elliptic curve

AMS Classification

• 11D25
• 11G05

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