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Sorta Platonic... (Posted on 2022-06-09) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Consider this Diophantine equation:
3a + 4b + 5c = 6d, where each of a, b, c, and d is a positive integer.

The famous ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Plato was aware that a=b=c=d=3 is a solution.

Does there exist any further solution?

Authenticate your answer with valid arguments.

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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Solution computer Solution without formal proof | Comment 1 of 3
I only found one other solution in addition to the one previously known.
(a,b,c,d) = (3,1,1,2) 

3^3 + 4^1 + 5^1 = 6^2
27 + 4 + 5 = 36

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import math
big = 100

for a in range(1,big+1):
    for b in range(1,big+1):
        for c in range(1,big+1):
            x = 3**a + 4**b + 5**c
            log6 = int(math.log(x,6))
            for d in range(log6,log6+2):
                if x == 6**d:
                    print(a,b,c,d)


  Posted by Larry on 2022-06-09 06:58:24
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