On Diophantine quintuples (Q4345848)

Let \(n\) be an integer. A set of positive integers \(\{x_1,\dots,x_m\}\) is said to have the property \(D(n)\) if for all \(1\leq i<j\leq m\) the following holds: \(x_ix_j+n=y^2_{ij}\), where \(y_{ij}\) is an integer. Such a set is called a diophantine \(m\)-tuple. One question still unanswered is whether there exists a diophantine quintuple with the property \(D(1)\). In the present paper it is proven that for all positive rational numbers \(q\), \(x_1\), \(x_2\), \(x_3\), \(x_4\) such that \(x_ix_j+q^2=y^2_{ij}\), \(y_{ij}\in \mathbb{Q}\), for \(1\leq i<j\leq 4\), and \(x_1x_2x_3x_4\neq q^4\), there exists a positive rational number \(x_5\) such that \(x_ix_5+q^2\) is a square of a rational number for \(i=1,\dots,4\). As a corollary, the result is obtained that for all diophantine quadruples \(\{x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4\}\) with the property \(D(1)\) there exists a rational number \(x_5\), \(0< x_5<1\), such that \(x_ix_5 + 1\) is a square of a rational number for \(i=1,\dots,4\).