A Confusing Question By Mohammed Imran

Find the number solutions in positive integers to the equation: m 2 n 2 = 2 m n m^2-n^2=2mn .


The answer is 0.

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3 solutions

Nikola Alfredi
Feb 26, 2020

m 2 n 2 = 2 m n ( m n ) 2 = 2 n 2 m = ( 2 + 1 ) n m^2 - n^2 = 2mn \Rightarrow (m - n)^2 = 2n^2 \Rightarrow m = ( \sqrt 2 + 1)n

Not possible.

The given equation can be rewritten as m = ( 2 + 1 ) n m=(√2+1)n . If n n be an integer, then m m will obviously never be an integer.

Nice solution

Mohammed Imran - 1 year, 3 months ago
Mohammed Imran
Feb 24, 2020

The answer is 0. If there exists a solution in positive integers to m 2 n 2 = 2 m n m^2-n^2=2mn then there should exist a Pythagorean triple of the form: (a,a,b) where a,b are positive integers.But this leads us to the equation 2 a 2 = b 2 2a^2=b^2 which further gives ( a / b ) 2 = 2 (a/b)^2=2 .But this implies that 2 ( 1 / 2 ) 2^(1/2) is rational,a contradiction.Hence the number of solutions is 0.

We can also show this by saying that the since (m,n) is a solution,then again this implies (m,-n) must also satisfy m^2-n^2=-2mn ,this is a contradiction to the fact -2mn=2mn.Hence no. of solution doesn't exist.

Aruna Yumlembam - 1 year, 1 month ago

why should m,-n be a solution?

Mohammed Imran - 1 year, 1 month ago

We are just assuming that it can be a solution so to contradict the fact that the above equation has a solution.

Aruna Yumlembam - 1 year, 1 month ago

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