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An Inverse Diophantine Puzzle (Posted on 2006-12-06) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Determine all integer solutions of 1/m + 1/n -1/(mnē) = 3/4

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Solving for m yields   m=4/3 + 1/3((16n-12)/(3n^2 - 4n)).

So F=(16n-12)/(3n^2-4n) must be an integer of the form 3k-1 with both m and n not zero. Only integer values of n from -4 to 6 need be considered since any others make F less than 1 in absolute value. I found only n=2 and m=3 works.


  Posted by Dennis on 2006-12-06 09:02:00
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