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An elementary proof of a result Ma and Chen

Authors :
Han, Qing
Yuan, Pingzhi
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

In 1956, Je$\acute{s}$manowicz conjectured that, for positive integers $m$ and $n$ with $m>n, \, \gcd(m,\, n)=1$ and $m\not\equiv n\pmod{2}$, the exponential Diophantine equation $(m^2-n^2)^x+(2mn)^y=(m^2+n^2)^z$ has only the positive integer solution $(x,\,y,\, z)=(2,\,2,\,2)$. Recently, Ma and Chen \cite{MC17} proved the conjecture if $4\not|mn$ and $y\ge2$. In this paper, we present an elementary proof of the result of Ma and Chen \cite{MC17}.

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Number Theory

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1903.00121
Document Type :
Working Paper