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4 n 2 + 4 n 63 m 2 84 m = 26 4n^2 + 4n - 63m^2 - 84m = 26

Find the sum of the integral values ( m , n ) (m, n) that satisfies the equation above.


The answer is 0.

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4 solutions

Saket Sharma
Sep 20, 2014

Consider 4 n 2 + 4 n 63 m 2 84 m = 26 4n^{2} + 4n - 63m^{2} - 84m = 26

RHS is even: to make LHS even, m must be even.

Now, if m is even... LHS is a multiple of 4, whereas RHS is not divisible by 4.

Hence, no solution possible!

Rahul Saha
Aug 14, 2014

Reducing the equation modulo 4 4 gives us m 2 2 ( m o d 4 ) m^2\equiv 2\pmod 4 But we know that 2 2 is not a quadratic residue modulo 4 4 . Therefore,no such pair exists.

Motivation: Mainly,I tried to complete the square but unfortunately couldn't manage something good.But I noticed that the equation contains many squares and most of the coefficients are divisible by 4 4 . This motivated me to try congruence and (unless I am very much mistaken) I came up with this solution.

Thanks for this great solution @Rahul Saha

Krishna Ar - 6 years, 9 months ago

By completing the square, you will notice that the equation is of the pell form x^2 - 7y^2 = -1 in which it has no integer solutions because by modulo 7, x^2 is congruent to 6 in which there is no integral solutions.

I tackled the problem in this way, but I disagree with the solution of 0. Having a solution of 0 implies that there are integer solutions to the equation, and that their sum is 0. There are no such values to sum, so the correct solution would be to say that there are no solutions. This question might be better presented as a multiple choice question with, "No solutions" as one of the possible answers.

Andy Hayes - 6 years, 3 months ago

I am sorry...I didnt understand...can you elaborate? maybe the completing square part?

Jayakumar Krishnan - 6 years, 10 months ago
Satej Bagal
Jul 29, 2014

4n^2 + 4n- 63m^2 - 84m = 26 ,4n^2 - 4m^2 + 4n -4m = 59m^2 +80m + 26 ,4(n-m)(n+m+1) = 118^2/(118m-99)(118m-61) +5 ,4(n-m)(n+m+1) -5 = 118^2/(118m-99)(118m-61) -(1) but m is integer so from equation (1) 4/(118m-99)(118m-61) which is not possible so sum of integral values of m & n is 0

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