A variety of Euler's conjecture

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Tianxin Cai, Yong Zhang

Publication date: 29 September 2013

Abstract: We consider a variety of Euler's conjecture, i.e., whether the Diophantine system [�egin{cases} n=a_{1}+a_{2}+cdots+a_{s-1}, a_{1}a_{2}cdots a_{s-1}(a_{1}+a_{2}+cdots+a_{s-1})=b^{s} end{cases}] has solutions $n,b,a_{i}inmathbb{Z}^{+},i=1,2,ldots,s-1,sgeq3.$ By using the theory of elliptic curves, we prove that it has no solutions $n,b,a_{i}inmathbb{Z}^{+}$ for $s=3$, but for $s=4$ it has infinitely many solutions $n,b,a_{i}inmathbb{Z}^{+}$ and for $sgeq5$ there are infinitely many polynomial solutions $n,b,a_{i}inmathbbZ[t_1,t_2,ldots,t_{s-3}]$ with positive value satisfying this Diophantine system.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05) Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Diophantine equations in many variables (11D72)

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