Looks like Pythagoras Theorem

15 x 2 = 7 y 2 + 3 2 \large 15x^2=7y^2+3^2

How many integral solutions exist for the above equation?


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3 solutions

Eshan Balachandar
Jun 11, 2015

For those who have 0 knowledge of number theory:

15y^2 must end with 0 or 5.

15y^2 - 9 must end with 1 or 6.

7x^2 must end with 1 or 6.

x^2 must end with 3 or 8. This is not possible.

Hence, 0 solutions.

7x^2 don't always end with 1 or 6, 7(5)^2 ends with 5

Tay Yong Qiang - 5 years, 12 months ago

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Because of the equality 'must'

Vinayak Verma - 5 years, 9 months ago

Same approach

Vinayak Verma - 5 years, 9 months ago

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Ian Cavey
Jun 2, 2015

If 15 x 2 = 7 y 2 + 3 2 15x^2=7y^2+3^2 then 7 y 2 + 9 0 7y^2+9\equiv 0 (mod 15). Rearranging, and picking a more useful representative, 7 y 2 21 7y^2\equiv 21 (mod 15). Then y 2 3 y^2\equiv 3 (mod 15), but 3 is not a quadratic residue of 15 (ie there is no integer whose square is equivalent to 3 mod 15). Thus there are no solutions to the given equation.

Rakshit Joshi
Nov 13, 2016

let x = r cos θ x=r \cos \theta and y = r sin θ y= r\sin \theta

15 ( r cos θ ) 2 = 7 ( r sin θ ) 2 + 9 15 r 2 15 r 2 sin 2 θ = 7 r 2 sin 2 θ + 9 23 r 2 sin 2 θ = 15 r 2 9 sin 2 θ = 15 23 9 23 r 2 \begin{aligned} 15(r \cos\theta)^2 = 7(r \sin\theta)^2 + 9\\15r^2 -15r^2 \sin^2 \theta = 7r^2 \sin^2 \theta +9 \\ 23r^2 \sin^2 \theta = 15r^2 - 9 \\ \sin^2 \theta = \frac{15}{23} - \frac{9}{23r^2} \end{aligned}

now first of all 0 sin 2 θ 1 0 \le \sin^2 \theta \le 1 if sin 2 θ = 0 \sin^2 \theta = 0 15 23 = 9 23 r 2 9 15 = r 2 r = 9 15 \begin{aligned} \implies \frac{15}{23}=\frac{9}{23r^2}\\ \implies \frac{9}{15} = r^2\\ \implies r = \sqrt {\frac{9}{15}} \end{aligned} since x,y are integers , so discarded,

similarly for sin 2 θ = 1 \sin^2 \theta = 1 also discarded. hence number of integral solutions are 0 \boxed 0

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