Infinitely many

x 6 + 2 y 6 = 4 z 6 \large x^6+2y^6=4z^6

How many ordered triplets of integers ( x , y , z ) (x,y,z) satisfy the above equation?

1 finite but greater than 2 2 infinitly many 0

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1 solution

Abdeslem Smahi
Aug 18, 2015

we can restrict ourselves to non-negative numbers.

Let's choose a triplet of non-negative integers ( x , y , z ) (x,y,z) satisfying this equation and with m a x ( x , y , z ) > 0 max(x,y,z) > 0 as small as possible.

If x 6 + 2 y 6 = 4 z 6 x^6+2y^6=4z^6 then x x must be even, x = 2 x 1 . x=2x_1.

So: 32 x 1 6 + y 6 = 2 z 6 32x_1^6+y^6=2z^6 so y = 2 y 1 y=2y_1

which mean 16 x 1 6 + 32 y 6 6 = z 6 16x_1^6+32y_6^6=z^6 so z = 2 z 1 z=2z_1

that return to the original equation x 1 6 + 2 y 1 6 = 4 z 1 6 x_1^6+2y_1^6=4z_1^6

But m a x ( a 1 , b 1 , c 1 ) < m a x ( a , b , c ) . max(a_1,b_1,c_1) < max(a,b,c).

This means that the only integer triple is ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) . (0,0,0).

Hence the answer is 1 1

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