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How many real integer solutions does this equation has: y 2 = x 3 + 23 y^2=x^3+23


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Fahim Muhtamim
Oct 9, 2019

If y is odd, y 2 1 ( m o d 4 ) x 3 2 ( m o d 4 ) y^2\equiv 1(mod 4) \Rightarrow x^3\equiv 2(mod 4) , Which is impossible. If y is even, x 3 + 23 0 ( m o d 4 ) x 3 1 ( m o d 4 ) x 1 ( m o d 4 ) x^3+23\equiv 0(mod 4) \Rightarrow x^3\equiv 1(mod 4) \Rightarrow x\equiv 1(mod 4) . now, y 2 + 4 = x 3 + 27 4 ( ( y 2 ) 2 + 1 ) = ( x + 3 ) ( x 2 3 x + 9 ) y^2+4=x^3+27 \Rightarrow 4((\frac{y}{2})^2+1)=(x+3)(x^2-3x+9) but, x 1 ( m o d 4 ) x 2 3 x + 9 1 ( m o d 4 ) x\equiv 1(mod 4)\Rightarrow x^2-3x+9\equiv -1(mod 4) . So, x 2 3 x + 9 x^2-3x+9 has at least a prime divisor p such that p 1 ( m o d 4 ) p\equiv -1(mod 4) . Then, p ( y 2 ) 2 + 1 p|(\frac{y}{2})^2+1 bt we know,if q is a prime,a is a integer and q a 2 + 1 q|a^2+1 , Then q=2 or q 1 ( m o d 4 ) q\equiv 1(mod 4) . So contradiction!!!

I don't understand anything. I did it in my way.

arifin ikram - 1 year, 8 months ago

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What happened Kuddus?

Fahim Muhtamim - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Fahim Muhtamim you should use \equiv sign instead of % \% to be more clear.

Vilakshan Gupta - 1 year, 8 months ago

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