How many non-zero integer solutions (none of , , and equals to ) does the following equation have?
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
For non-zero integer solutions of the given equation we have to have x 2 in the form a 2 − b 2 , y 2 must be in the form 2 a b . This implies that a and b must be of the form 2 m 2 ( 2 n + 1 ) and 2 n + 1 respectively. Here a , b , m , n are all integers. Then a 2 − b 2 = ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 ( 4 m 4 − 1 ) . Since 4 m 4 − 1 in never a square for any integer value of m , the given equation has no integer solutions