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Ratio Sum Equals Positive Integer (Posted on 2015-08-30)

Does there exist an infinite number of positive integer pairs (x, y) such that:
(x+1)/y + (y+1)/x is a positive integer?

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No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta

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re: Answer, maybe full solution.

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(In reply to Answer, maybe full solution. by Jer)

Jer:

So, just to be clear, you are saying that yes, there are infinitely many? In fact, there are infinitely many that equal 3 and infinitely many that yield 4?

Posted by Steve Herman on 2015-08-30 19:31:40

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