Markoff Equation and Nilpotent Matrices
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Publication:6206751
arXiv0709.1499MaRDI QIDQ6206751FDOQ6206751
Authors: Norbert Riedel 
Publication date: 10 September 2007
Abstract: A triple (a,b,c) of positive integers is called a Markoff triple iff it satisfies the diophantine equation a2 + b2 + c2 = abc . Recasting the Markoff tree, whose vertices are Markoff triples, in the framework of intergral upper triangular 3x3 matrices, it will be shown that the largest member of such a triple determines the other two uniquely. This answers a question which has been open for almost 100 years.
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