Does there exist any positive integral solution of the equation given below?
16(X³+Y³) + 12(X²+Y²) + 3(X+Y) = 2,138,156,388
There are no integer solutions at all !
For the proof, assume the contrary that there are x, y such that
3*(x + y) + 12*(x^2 + y^2) + 16*(x^3 + y^3) = 2138156388.
Then the remainders on each side after dividing each by n will also be the same for ALL integers n. That is
3*(x + y) + 12*(x^2 + y^2) + 16*(x^3 + y^3) = 2138156388. (mod n)
After a bit of trial and error, we let n = 7 and test for x, y = 0 ... 6
Now 2138156388 = 4 but 3*(x + y) + 12*(x^2 + y^2) + 16*(x^3 + y^3) can only equal {0,1,3,5,6}.
Hence the assumption that there are integer solutions is false.
The method also works here for n = 14, 21 ,...
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Posted by goFish
on 2005-12-29 07:11:42 |