On Diophantine quintuples and \(D(-1)\)-quadruples (Q466834)

A Diophantine \(D(n)\)-\(m\)-tuple is an \(m\)-tuple of distinct positive integers \((a_1,\ldots,a_m)\) such that \(a_ia_j+n=\square\) for all \(1\leq i <j\leq m\). The case \(n=\pm 1\) is of special interest and its conjectured that no \(D(1)\)-quintuple and no \(D(-1)\)-quadruple exists. Since the ground breaking results due to \textit{A. Dujella} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 566, 183--214 (2004; Zbl 1037.11019); \textit{A. Dujella} et al., Acta Arith. 128, No. 4, 319--338 (2007; Zbl 1137.11019)] it is known that at most finitely many \(D(1)\)-quintuple respectively \(D(-1)\)-quadruples exist. In the paper under review the authors find new upper bounds for the number of \(D(1)\)-quintuple (\(\leq 6.8\cdot 10^{32}\)) respectively \(D(-1)\)-quadruples (\(\leq 5\cdot 10^{60}\)) if any exist at all. Let \(a<b<c<d<e\) be a Diophantine \(D(1)\)-quintuple the authors sharpen the already existing bounds for \(a,b,c,d\) and \(e\) and by carefully counting all possibilities, by using estimates for the sum of divisors function, they obtain their upper bound for the number of \(D(1)\)-quintuples. Similarly they proceed in the case of \(D(-1)\)-quadruples.