A nonextendable Diophantine quadruple arising from a triple of Lucas numbers (Q1950947)

Let \(n\) be a non-zero integer. We say that two integers \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) have the Diophantine property \(D(n)\) if \(\alpha \beta+n\) is a perfect square. A set of numbers has the property \(D(n)\) if every pair of distinct elements of the set has this property. A Diophantine set with property \(D(n)\) is said to be extendable if, for some integer \(d\), with \(d\) not belonging to \(S\), the set \(S\cup \{d\}\) is also a Diophantine set with property \(D(n)\). Sets consisting of Fibonacci numbers \(\{F_{m}\}\) and Lucas numbers \(\{L_{m}\}\) with Diophantine property \(D(n)\) have attracted attention of many number theorists recently. \textit{A. Baker} and \textit{H. Davenport} [Q. J. Math., Oxf. II. Ser. 20, 129--137 (1969; Zbl 0177.06802)] dealt with the quadruple \(\{1,3,8,120\}\) with property \(D(1)\) in which the first three terms are \(F_{2},F_{4}\) and \(F_{6}\). They proved that the set can not be extended further. \textit{V.~E. Hoggatt} and \textit{G.~E. Bergum} [Fibonacci Q. 15, 323--330 (1977; Zbl 0383.10007)] proved that the four numbers \(F_{2k},F_{2k+2},F_{2k+4}\) and \(d=4F_{2k+1}F_{2k+2}F_{2k+3}\), for \(k\geq 1\), have the Diophantine property \(D(1)\) and conjectured that no other integer can replace \(d\) here. The result of Baker and Davenport [loc. cit.] was an assertion of the conjecture for \(k=1\). \textit{A Dujella} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 127, No. 7, 1999--2005 (1999; Zbl 0937.11011)] proved the Hoggatt-Bergum conjecture for all positive integral values of \(k\). In this paper the Lucas numbers have been considered. The three Lucas numbers \(L_{1},L_{6}\) and \(L_{7}\) have the property \(D(7)\). The aim of this paper is to show that this set \(\{1,18,29\}\) of Lucas numbers is extendable; the quadruple \(\{1,18,29,93\}\) has the property \(D(7)\) and cannot be extended further. This has been established by proving that the only positive integral solutions common to two Pell's equations \(U^{2}-18V^{2}=-119\) and \(Z^{2}-29V^{2}=-196\) are \(U=41,V=10\) and \(Z=52.\)