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The equation x(1)/x(2) + x(2)/x(3) + x(3)/x(4) + x(4)/x(1) = n
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mathematics (Dept.).
School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam International School Park City Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Number Theory, ISSN 1793-0421, Vol. 18, no 01, p. 75-87Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

It is a subtle question as to when the Diophantine equation of the tittle has solutions in positive integers. Here, we show that the equation in the title does not have solutions in positive integers in the case that n is of the form n = 4q, where q(2) - 1 = 2(h)q(1), with h, q(1) is an element of Z(+), 2 vertical bar h, h >= 4, and 8 vertical bar q(1) + 1. We do this by explicitly calculating a Brauer-Manin obstruction to weak approximation on the elliptic surface defined by the title equation.

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World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd , 2022. Vol. 18, no 01, p. 75-87
Keywords [en]
Diophantine equations, elliptic curves, p-adic analysis, Hilbert symbol
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Mathematical Analysis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-308625DOI: 10.1142/S1793042122500075ISI: 000746234000007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110514494OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-308625DiVA, id: diva2:1638394
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Available from: 2022-02-16 Created: 2022-02-16 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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