I would tell you, but this margin is too small

Assume the following is true:

There are no integer solutions ( x , y ) (x,y) satisfying 125 x 3 512 y 3 = 1000. 125x^3 - 512y^3 = 1000.

Then, can we say the following is true?

There exist integer solutions ( x , y ) (x,y) satisfying 125 x 3 512 y 3 = 1. 125x^3 - 512y^3 = 1.

No Yes

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1 solution

Leonel Castillo
Jan 9, 2018

First notice that 125 = 5 3 , 512 = 2 9 = 8 3 , 1 = 1 3 125 = 5^3, 512 = 2^9 = 8^3, 1 = 1^3 so the equation is ( 5 x ) 3 = 1 3 + ( 8 y ) 3 (5x)^3 = 1^3 + (8y)^3 . Fermat's last theorem (the full result by Wiles is actually not necessary, as elementary proofs for the case n = 3 n=3 were known by Euler) tell us no solutions exist for non-zero integers. So if a solution were to exist, x = 0 x=0 or y = 0 y=0 but then we would have, for example, 125 x 3 = 1 125x^3 = 1 which clearly has no integer solutions.

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