Weekly dose of number theory 1 (found this on mathpages.com)

Given three distinctive integers a , b , c > 1 a, b, c > 1 such that a b + 1 = 2 x 2 ab + 1 = 2x^2 , b c + 1 = 2 y 2 bc + 1 = 2y^2 , c a + 1 = 2 z 2 ca + 1 = 2z^2 where x , y , z x, y, z are three integers to be found. Find the minimum of a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 1071.

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1 solution

Premal Nayee
Apr 13, 2020

Found my solution through Python. Took about a minute to find the solution, on modest hardware.

Was it meant to be done in this way or any solution using paper and pen is possible?

CANTDO MATH - 1 year, 1 month ago

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I think you can do it in anyway you like.

premal nayee - 1 year, 1 month ago

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