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In what follows, we call adiophantine equation an equation of the form fx1,x2. Titu andreescu ion cucurezeanu an introductione dorin andrica to diophantine equations a problembased approach. Pdf an introduction to diophantine equations david. While dealing with diophantine equations we ask the following question. Essential linear algebra with applications ebok titu. The exposition moves systematically and intuitively to uncover deeper properties. In order to motivate the study of quadratic type equations. Jan 01, 2010 the presentation features some classical diophantine equations, including linear, pythagorean, and some higher degree equations, as well as exponential diophantine equations. Titu andreescu university of texas at dallas school of natural sciences and mathematics 2601 north floyd road richardson, tx 75080 titu. Take everything to one side, multiply and factorize to get. Question can we determine when such an equation has a solution. Current research in diophantine equations for any prime m 5, there exist a residue r mod m such that fr 6 0 or 1 mod m. Titu andreescu university of texas at dallas school of natural sciences richardson, tx 75080 usa usa texas tech university department of mathematics lubbock, tx 79409 isbn.
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Titu andreescu department of science and mathematics education the university of texas at dallas richardson, texas, usa dorin andrica department of mathematics babes. Sep 02, 2010 an introduction to diophantine equations. The main purpose of this paper is to study the diophantine equation 2. For example, the equation 2x 2 y 1 does not have integer solutions.
Diophantine equations of second degree in this project we study some properties of diophantine equations of second degree. Primes solutions of linear diophantine equations n. The theory of diophantine equations is that branch of number theory which deals with nding nontrivial solutions of polynomial equations in nonnegative integers a monoid, z a ring or q a nonalgebraically closed eld. Chapter 2 presents classical diophantine equations, including linear, pythagorean, higherdegree, and exponential equations, such as catalans. Quadratic diophantine equations titu andreescu springer. This research area focuses especially on the study of the general pells equation, which is connected to problems from various domains of mathematics and science, such as thues theorem, hilberts tenth problem, eulers concordant forms, einsteins homogeneous. See all books authored by titu andreescu, including mathematical olympiad challenges, second edition, and straight from the book. This problemsolving book is an introduction to the study of diophantine equations, a class of. A note on a diophantine equation discrete mathematics. Diophantine analysis, with emphasis on quadratic diophantine equations. This book starts with simple arithmetic inequalities and builds to sophisticated inequality results such as the cauchyschwarz and chebyshev inequalities. Pdf an introduction to diophantine equations david motta. About the authors titu andreescu received his ba, ms, and phd from the west university of timisoara, romania.
Diophantine equations developments in mathematics by titu andreescu. A linear diophantine equation in two variables x and y is an equation a x b y c with integer coefficients a, b, c to which we seek integer solutions. Titu andreescu, dorin andrica, ion cucurezeanu auth. A system of linear diophantine equations is a bunch of such equations. An introduction to diophantine equations a problembased. Topics include divisibility, unique factorization, modular arithmetic and the chinese remainder theorem, diophantine equations, quadratic residues, binomial coefficients, fermat and mersenne primes and other special numbers, and special sequences. Titu andreescu is an associate professor of mathematics at the university of texas at dallas. Titu served as director of the maa american mathematics competitions 19982003, coach of the usa. God made the integers, all else is the work of man.
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