On a family of unit equations over simplest cubic fields

Abstract: Let

a i n m a t h b b Z

and

h o

be a root of

f_{a} (x) = x^{3} - a x^{2} - (a + 3) x - 1

, then the number field

K_{a} = m a t h b b Q (h o)

is called a simplest cubic field. In this paper we consider the family of unit equations

u_{1} + u_{2} = n

where

u_{1}, u_{2} i n m a t h b b Z [h o]^{*}

and

n i n m a t h b b Z

. We completely solve the unit equations under the restriction

| n | l e q m a x 1, | a |^{1 / 3}

.

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