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quasi
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Re: ------------- question about coprimality
Posted:
Sep 17, 2011 3:52 AM
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:42:31 -0700 (PDT), Deep <deepkdeb@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>Let a, b, c be three coprime integers such that 2|b and none
>is a prime. Further let a = de where d and e are coprime. Now
>consider (1)
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>c^2 - b^2 = a^2 (1).
>
>From (1) one gets (2) and then (2.1) and (2.2)
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>(c + b )(c - b) = (de)^2 (2);
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>c + b = d^2 (2.1)
>c - b = e^2 (2.2)
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>Question: Are (2.1) and (2.2) unique ? If not why not ?
No -- there are lots of counterexamples.
For example, if a=33 the equation
(c+b)(c-b) = a^2
has more than one solution satisfying your conditions:
c=65, b=56 (which corresponds to d=3, e=11)
c=545, b=544 (which corresponds to d=1, e=33)
quasi
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