• Title of article

    On the Integral Solutions of the Diophantine Equation x^4 + y^4 = z^3

  • Author/Authors

    Ismail, S. Universiti Putra Malaysia - Institute for Mathematical Research, Malaysia , Atan, K. A. Mohd Universiti Putra Malaysia - Institute for Mathematical Research, Malaysia

  • From page
    119
  • To page
    126
  • Abstract
    This paper is concerned with the existence, types and the cardinality of the integral solutions for diophantine equation x^4 + y^4 = z^3 where x , y and z are integers. The aim of this paper was to develop methods to be used in finding all solutions to this equation. Results of the study show the existence of infinitely many solutions to this type of diophantine equation in the ring of integers for both cases, x = y and x≠y . For the case when x = y , the form of solutions is given by (x, y, z)=(4n^3 ,4n^3 ,8n^4 ) , while for the case when x ≠ y , the form of solutions is given by (x, y, z)=(un^3k-1, vn^3k-1, n^4k-1) . The main result obtained is a formulation of a generalized method to find all the solutions for both types of diophantine equations.
  • Keywords
    Integral solutions , diophantine equation , hyperbolic equation , prime power decomposition , coprime integers
  • Journal title
    Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology ( JST)
  • Journal title
    Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology ( JST)
  • Record number

    2650935