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Prime Pairs satisfy Quintic = Cubic (Posted on 2024-02-17) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Given that each of p and q is a prime number:

Determine all possible pairs (p,q) that satisfy this equation:

        p(p4+p2+10q) = q(q2+3)

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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Some Thoughts probable solution | Comment 1 of 7
clearvars
qset=primes(100000);
pset=primes(1000);
for p=pset
  for q=qset
    if p^5 + p^3 + 10*p*q == q^3 + 3*q
      disp([p q])
    end
  end
end

finds only (2,5) having tested all 168 primes under 1000 for p,  and all 9592 primes under 100,000 for q.


  Posted by Charlie on 2024-02-17 15:52:16
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