Lemon and melon

In a two-dimensional plane there are some vectors. We call a vector as a lemon vector if it has positive integer coordinates, and we call a vector a melon vector if its coordinates are primes.

We know that u \overrightarrow { u } , v \overrightarrow{ v } and w \overrightarrow { w } are three lemon vectors, and u + v \overrightarrow { u+v } , v + w \overrightarrow { v+w } and w + u \overrightarrow{ w+u } are three melon vectors. How many different v \overrightarrow { v } vectors there are if u \overrightarrow { u } , v \overrightarrow { v } and w \overrightarrow { w } have the same angle but different module?


The answer is 0.

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Galiève .
Sep 4, 2015

Let's take three positive integer numbers, a, b and c, so a+b, a+c and b+c are also integer numbers. We want a+b,b+c and c+a be prime numbers. If two of (a,b,c) are even, for example a and b, a+b is even. But the less value of a+b is 4, because the less value of a and b is 2 (2 is the smallest even number). And 4 isn't prime.

So there must be at least two odd numbers, for example a and b. But in this case a+b is even, so it must be 2, because we want a+b prime. Because of this, a and b must be 1. Let's think in a prime p. Now we know that a+c=b+c=1+c, so if a+c=p, c=p-1. And if instead of (a,b,c), we have (a',b',c'), (a',b',c')=(1,1,q-1), where q is another prime.

Now we have the only posibliity for (a,b,c): (1,1,p-1). Now we can say that (a,b,c) are the horizontal coordinates and (a',b',c') the vertical coordiantes of u \overrightarrow { u } , v \overrightarrow{ v } and w \overrightarrow { w } .

However, we have two 1 in each triple, so there are at least one vector, for example u \overrightarrow { u } , which must be (1,1). Also we must have a vector, for example w \overrightarrow { w } , which must be (1,wy). But wy cannot be 1, because in this way u \overrightarrow { u } and w \overrightarrow { w } will be equal, and it's forbidden for the problem.

So wy must be q-1. But in this way the angle of u \overrightarrow { u } is arctan 1 1 \arctan { \frac { 1 }{ 1 } } and the angle of w \overrightarrow { w } is arctan 1 q 1 \arctan { \frac { 1 }{ q-1 } } , so, if angle of u \overrightarrow { u } is the same as the angle of w \overrightarrow { w } , it means that 1= 1 q 1 \frac { 1 }{ q-1 } , or q-1=1. But it cannot be because w \overrightarrow { w } will be the same vector as u \overrightarrow { u } .

So, doesn't matter what are the coordinates of u \overrightarrow { u } , v \overrightarrow { v } and w \overrightarrow { w } , there isn't any three vectors which satisfy all the rules of the problem.

Thanks for reading and sorry for my english.

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