Smallest possible based on Fermat's Last Theorem of n = 3

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Lu Chee Ket
Jul 29, 2015

Such m shall be even numbers including zero.

Lu Chee Ket - 5 years, 10 months ago
Curtis Clement
Jul 29, 2015

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I have a proof that (n,s) = (0,1) is the only integer solution to the equation. Here's what I did.... 4 ( 3 n + 1 ) 3 0 m o d ( 4 ) 4 ( 3 n + 1 ) 3 1 3 1 m o d ( 4 ) \ 4(3n+1)^3 \equiv0\ mod(4) \Rightarrow\frac{4(3n+1)^3 -1}{3} \equiv1 \ mod(4) S i s o d d \therefore\ S \ is \ odd Let S = 2m+1: 3 ( 2 m + 1 ) 2 + 1 = 4 ( 3 n + 1 ) 3 \ 3(2m+1)^2 +1 = 4(3n+1)^3 3 m 2 + 3 m + 1 = 3 m ( m + 1 ) + 1 = ( 3 n + 1 ) 3 \Rightarrow\ 3m^2 +3m+1 = 3m(m+1) +1 = (3n+1)^3 Now m(m+1) is even as it is the product of two consecutive integers, so by parity (odd +even = odd), ( 3 n + 1 ) 3 \ (3n+1)^3 is odd. Hence, n must be even so let n = 2 ϕ \phi , then: 3 m 2 + 3 m + 1 = ( 6 ϕ + 1 ) 3 = 216 ϕ 3 + 108 ϕ 2 + 18 ϕ + 1 \ 3m^2 +3m+1 = (6 \phi +1)^3 = 216 \phi^3 +108 \phi^2 +18 \phi +1 m 2 + m = m ( m + 1 ) = 6 ϕ ( 12 ϕ 2 + 6 ϕ + 1 ) \Rightarrow\ m^2 +m = m(m+1) = 6 \phi (12 \phi^2 +6 \phi +1) Now by using the discriminant ( b 2 4 a c 0 \ b^2 -4ac \geq\ 0 ) we see that the quadratic factor has no real roots so m = 6 ϕ a n d m + 1 = 12 ϕ 2 + 6 ϕ + 1 \ m = 6 \phi \ and \ m+1 = 12 \phi^2 +6 \phi +1 (It doesn't work the other way around as 12 ϕ 2 + 1 1 \ 12 \phi^2 +1 \geq\ 1 ) This implies that ϕ = 0 \phi = 0 so m = 0 or -1. This gives n= 0 and S = 1 (S = -1 is not valid as S is a natural number).

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