Luo, Jiagui; Yuan, Pingzhi

A generalization of the question of Sierpiński on geometric progressions

J. Integer Seq. 13(3), Article ID 10.3.4, 14 p., electronic only (2010)

Summary

Summary: In this paper we prove that there is no geometric progression that contains four distinct integers of the form $Dm^{2} + C, D,$m $\in $ N, $C = \pm 1 \pm 2, \pm $ 4.

Keywords/Phrases

quadratic Diophantine equation, minimal positive solution, triangular numbers, geometric progression

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