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Find the pairs (Posted on 2020-10-13) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Determine the natural numbers m,n such as 85m-n4=4.

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Rewrite the equation as 85^m = n^4 + 4.  Then the right side factors into (n^2-2n+2) * (n^2+2n+2).  Each of these factors is one more than a square, so 85^m = [(n-1)^2 + 1] * [(n+1)^2 + 1)].

If m=1 then 85^m = 85^1 = 5*17 = [2^2 + 1] * [4^2 + 1], which implies n=3.

For m>1 I can't see a way to split factors 5^m * 17^m in a way such that the factorization is the product of two numbers of the form x^2+1.

  Posted by Brian Smith on 2020-10-13 13:23:38
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