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Re: Diophantine question.

Subject: Re: Diophantine question.
From: "Rupert"
Date: 30 Oct 2006 15:25:07 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.math
steiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello, all!
>     It is known that Fermat solved the Diophantine equation x^4 + y ^4
> = z^2 over
> the integers and proved that it has no nontrivial solutions. He used
> the
> method of infinite descent.
> What can one say about the equation x^4 - y^4 = z^^2? Are there any
> nontrivial
> integer solutions?

http://fermatslasttheorem.blogspot.com/2005/05/fermats-one-proof.html

> More generally, what is known about the equation
> x^p - y^p = z^2, where p is an odd prime?
> Regards,
> Ray Steiner


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