A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point. How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola ?
note : remember don,t use a calculator
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.
( x − y ) ( x + y ) = 2 0 0 0 2 = 2 8 ⋅ 5 6
Note that ( x − y ) and ( x + y ) have the same parities, so both must be even. We first give a factor of 2 to both ( x − y ) and ( x + y ) . We have 2 6 ⋅ 5 6 left. Since there are 7 ⋅ 7 = 4 9 factors of 2 6 ⋅ 5 6 , and since both x and y can be negative, this gives us 4 9 ⋅ 2 = 0 9 8 lattice points.