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A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point. How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola x 2 y 2 = 200 0 2 x^2 - y^2 = 2000^2 ?

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The answer is 98.

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Ikhwan Norazam
Nov 20, 2017

( x y ) ( x + y ) = 200 0 2 = 2 8 5 6 (x-y)(x+y)=2000^2=2^8 \cdot 5^6

Note that ( x y ) (x-y) and ( x + y ) (x+y) have the same parities, so both must be even. We first give a factor of 2 2 to both ( x y ) (x-y) and ( x + y ) (x+y) . We have 2 6 5 6 2^6 \cdot 5^6 left. Since there are 7 7 = 49 7 \cdot 7=49 factors of 2 6 5 6 2^6 \cdot 5^6 , and since both x x and y y can be negative, this gives us 49 2 = 098 49\cdot2=\boxed{098} lattice points.

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