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A Quintic Problem (Posted on 2006-03-15)

Determine all possible integer solutions, whether positive or negative, to this equation:

5y⁴ + 2560y² = x⁵ - 65536

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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If you put each side of the equation into the calculator, they intersect at x=16. This doesn't give evidence that there are no other integer solutions, but it at least shows that x=16, y=16 is one.

Posted by Lithue on 2006-03-15 23:29:34

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