Diophantine analysis

How many non-zero integer solutions (none of x , x, , y y , and z z equals to 0 0 ) does the following equation have?

x 4 + y 4 = z 2 x^4 + y^4 = z^2

19 15 24 2 0 Infinite 18 53

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For non-zero integer solutions of the given equation we have to have x 2 x^2 in the form a 2 b 2 a^2-b^2 , y 2 y^2 must be in the form 2 a b 2ab . This implies that a a and b b must be of the form 2 m 2 ( 2 n + 1 ) 2m^2(2n+1) and 2 n + 1 2n+1 respectively. Here a , b , m , n a, b, m, n are all integers. Then a 2 b 2 = ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 ( 4 m 4 1 ) a^2-b^2=(2n+1)^2(4m^4-1) . Since 4 m 4 1 4m^4-1 in never a square for any integer value of m m , the given equation has no integer solutions

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