PEN H Problems

1

One of Euler's conjectures was disproved in the $1980$s by three American Mathematicians when they showed that there is a positive integer $n$ such that \[n^{5}= 133^{5}+110^{5}+84^{5}+27^{5}.\] Find the value of $n$.

2

The number $21982145917308330487013369$ is the thirteenth power of a positive integer. Which positive integer?

3

Does there exist a solution to the equation \[x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}+u^{2}+v^{2}=xyzuv-65\] in integers with $x, y, z, u, v$ greater than $1998$?

4

Find all pairs $(x, y)$ of positive rational numbers such that $x^{2}+3y^{2}=1$.

5

Find all pairs $(x, y)$ of rational numbers such that $y^2 =x^3 -3x+2$.

6

Show that there are infinitely many pairs $(x, y)$ of rational numbers such that $x^3 +y^3 =9$.

7

Determine all pairs $(x,y)$ of positive integers satisfying the equation \[(x+y)^{2}-2(xy)^{2}=1.\]

8

Show that the equation \[x^{3}+y^{3}+z^{3}+t^{3}=1999\] has infinitely many integral solutions.

9

Determine all integers $a$ for which the equation \[x^{2}+axy+y^{2}=1\] has infinitely many distinct integer solutions $x, \;y$.

10

Prove that there are unique positive integers $a$ and $n$ such that \[a^{n+1}-(a+1)^{n}= 2001.\]

11

Find all $(x,y,n) \in {\mathbb{N}}^3$ such that $\gcd(x, n+1)=1$ and $x^{n}+1=y^{n+1}$.

12

Find all $(x,y,z) \in {\mathbb{N}}^3$ such that $x^{4}-y^{4}=z^{2}$.

13

Find all pairs $(x,y)$ of positive integers that satisfy the equation \[y^{2}=x^{3}+16.\]

14

Show that the equation $x^2 +y^5 =z^3$ has infinitely many solutions in integers $x, y, z$ for which $xyz \neq 0$.

15

Prove that there are no integers $x$ and $y$ satisfying $x^{2}=y^{5}-4$.

16

Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of different positive integers that satisfy the equation $W(a)=W(b)$, where $W(x)=x^{4}-3x^{3}+5x^{2}-9x$.

17

Find all positive integers $n$ for which the equation \[a+b+c+d=n \sqrt{abcd}\] has a solution in positive integers.

18

Determine all positive integer solutions $(x, y, z, t)$ of the equation \[(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)=xyzt\] for which $\gcd(x, y)=\gcd(y, z)=\gcd(z, x)=1$.

19

Find all $(x, y, z, n) \in {\mathbb{N}}^4$ such that $ x^3 +y^3 +z^3 =nx^2 y^2 z^2$.

20

Determine all positive integers $n$ for which the equation \[x^{n}+(2+x)^{n}+(2-x)^{n}= 0\] has an integer as a solution.

21

Prove that the equation \[6(6a^{2}+3b^{2}+c^{2}) = 5n^{2}\] has no solutions in integers except $a=b=c=n=0$.

22

Find all integers $a,b,c,x,y,z$ such that \[a+b+c=xyz, \; x+y+z=abc, \; a \ge b \ge c \ge 1, \; x \ge y \ge z \ge 1.\]

23

Find all $(x,y,z) \in {\mathbb{Z}}^3$ such that $x^{3}+y^{3}+z^{3}=x+y+z=3$.

24

Prove that if $n$ is a positive integer such that the equation \[x^{3}-3xy^{2}+y^{3}=n.\] has a solution in integers $(x,y),$ then it has at least three such solutions. Show that the equation has no solutions in integers when $n=2891$.

25

What is the smallest positive integer $t$ such that there exist integers $x_{1},x_{2}, \cdots, x_{t}$ with \[{x_{1}}^{3}+{x_{2}}^{3}+\cdots+{x_{t}}^{3}=2002^{2002}\;\;?\]

26

Solve in integers the following equation \[n^{2002}=m(m+n)(m+2n)\cdots(m+2001n).\]

27

Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $p=nr$, where $p$ and $r$ are respectively the semi-perimeter and the inradius of a triangle with integer side lengths.

28

Let $a, b, c$ be positive integers such that $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime and $c$ is relatively prime either to $a$ or $b$. Prove that there exist infinitely many triples $(x, y, z)$ of distinct positive integers such that \[x^{a}+y^{b}= z^{c}.\]

29

Find all pairs of integers $(x, y)$ satisfying the equality \[y(x^{2}+36)+x(y^{2}-36)+y^{2}(y-12)=0.\]

30

Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be given integers, $a>0$, $ac-b^2=p$ a squarefree positive integer. Let $M(n)$ denote the number of pairs of integers $(x, y)$ for which $ax^2 +bxy+cy^2=n$. Prove that $M(n)$ is finite and $M(n)=M(p^{k} \cdot n)$ for every integer $k \ge 0$.

31

Determine all integer solutions of the system \[2uv-xy=16,\] \[xv-yu=12.\]

32

Let $n$ be a natural number. Solve in whole numbers the equation \[x^{n}+y^{n}=(x-y)^{n+1}.\]

33

Does there exist an integer such that its cube is equal to $3n^2 +3n+7$, where $n$ is integer?

34

Are there integers $m$ and $n$ such that $5m^2 -6mn+7n^2 =1985$?

35

Find all cubic polynomials $x^3 +ax^2 +bx+c$ admitting the rational numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$ as roots.

36

Prove that the equation $a^2 +b^2 =c^2 +3$ has infinitely many integer solutions $(a, b, c)$.

37

Prove that for each positive integer $n$ there exist odd positive integers $x_n$ and $y_n$ such that ${x_{n}}^2 +7{y_{n}}^2 =2^n$.

38

Suppose that $p$ is an odd prime such that $2p+1$ is also prime. Show that the equation $x^{p}+2y^{p}+5z^{p}=0$ has no solutions in integers other than $(0,0,0)$.

39

Let $A, B, C, D, E$ be integers, $B \neq 0$ and $F=AD^{2}-BCD+B^{2}E \neq 0$. Prove that the number $N$ of pairs of integers $(x, y)$ such that \[Ax^{2}+Bxy+Cx+Dy+E=0,\] satisfies $N \le 2 d( \vert F \vert )$, where $d(n)$ denotes the number of positive divisors of positive integer $n$.

40

Determine all pairs of rational numbers $(x, y)$ such that \[x^{3}+y^{3}= x^{2}+y^{2}.\]

41

Suppose that $A=1,2,$ or $3$. Let $a$ and $b$ be relatively prime integers such that $a^{2}+Ab^2 =s^3$ for some integer $s$. Then, there are integers $u$ and $v$ such that $s=u^2 +Av^2$, $a =u^3 - 3Avu^2$, and $b=3u^{2}v -Av^3$.

42

Find all integers $a$ for which $x^3 -x+a$ has three integer roots.

43

Find all solutions in integers of $x^{3}+2y^{3}=4z^{3}$.

44

For all $n \in \mathbb{N}$, show that the number of integral solutions $(x, y)$ of \[x^{2}+xy+y^{2}=n\] is finite and a multiple of $6$.

45

Show that there cannot be four squares in arithmetical progression.

46

Let $a, b, c, d, e, f$ be integers such that $b^{2}-4ac>0$ is not a perfect square and $4acf+bde-ae^{2}-cd^{2}-fb^{2}\neq 0$. Let \[f(x, y)=ax^{2}+bxy+cy^{2}+dx+ey+f\] Suppose that $f(x, y)=0$ has an integral solution. Show that $f(x, y)=0$ has infinitely many integral solutions.

47

Show that the equation $x^4 +y^4 +4z^4 =1$ has infinitely many rational solutions.

48

Solve the equation $x^2 +7=2^n$ in integers.

49

Show that the only solutions of the equation $x^{3}-3xy^2 -y^3 =1$ are given by $(x,y)=(1,0),(0,-1),(-1,1),(1,-3),(-3,2),(2,1)$.

50

Show that the equation $y^{2}=x^{3}+2a^{3}-3b^2$ has no solution in integers if $ab \neq 0$, $a \not\equiv 1 \; \pmod{3}$, $3$ does not divide $b$, $a$ is odd if $b$ is even, and $p=t^2 +27u^2$ has a solution in integers $t,u$ if $p \vert a$ and $p \equiv 1 \; \pmod{3}$.

51

Prove that the product of five consecutive positive integers is never a perfect square.

52

Do there exist two right-angled triangles with integer length sides that have the lengths of exactly two sides in common?

53

Suppose that $a, b$, and $p$ are integers such that $b \equiv 1 \; \pmod{4}$, $p \equiv 3 \; \pmod{4}$, $p$ is prime, and if $q$ is any prime divisor of $a$ such that $q \equiv 3 \; \pmod{4}$, then $q^{p}\vert a^{2}$ and $p$ does not divide $q-1$ (if $q=p$, then also $q \vert b$). Show that the equation \[x^{2}+4a^{2}= y^{p}-b^{p}\] has no solutions in integers.

54

Show that the number of integral-sided right triangles whose ratio of area to semi-perimeter is $p^{m}$, where $p$ is a prime and $m$ is an integer, is $m+1$ if $p=2$ and $2m+1$ if $p \neq 2$.

55

Given that \[34! = 95232799cd96041408476186096435ab000000_{(10)},\] determine the digits $a, b, c$, and $d$.

56

Prove that the equation $\prod_{cyc} (x_1-x_2)= \prod_{cyc} (x_1-x_3)$ has a solution in natural numbers where all $x_i$ are different.

57

Show that the equation ${n \choose k}=m^{l}$ has no integral solution with $l \ge 2$ and $4 \le k \le n-4$.

58

Solve in positive integers the equation $10^{a}+2^{b}-3^{c}=1997$.

59

Solve the equation $28^x =19^y +87^z$, where $x, y, z$ are integers.

60

Show that the equation $x^7 + y^7 = {1998}^z$ has no solution in positive integers.

61

Solve the equation $2^x -5 =11^{y}$ in positive integers.

62

Solve the equation $7^x -3^y =4$ in positive integers.

63

Show that $\vert 12^m -5^n\vert \ge 7$ for all $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$.

64

Show that there is no positive integer $k$ for which the equation \[(n-1)!+1=n^{k}\] is true when $n$ is greater than $5$.

65

Determine all pairs $(x, y)$ of integers such that \[(19a+b)^{18}+(a+b)^{18}+(19b+a)^{18}\] is a nonzero perfect square.

66

Let $b$ be a positive integer. Determine all $2002$-tuples of non-negative integers $(a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{2002})$ satisfying \[\sum^{2002}_{j=1}{a_{j}}^{a_{j}}=2002{b}^{b}.\]

67

Is there a positive integer $m$ such that the equation \[\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{1}{abc}= \frac{m}{a+b+c}\] has infinitely many solutions in positive integers $a, b, c \;$?

68

Consider the system \[x+y=z+u,\] \[2xy=zu.\] Find the greatest value of the real constant $m$ such that $m \le \frac{x}{y}$ for any positive integer solution $(x, y, z, u)$ of the system, with $x \ge y$.

69

Determine all positive rational numbers $r \neq 1$ such that $\sqrt[r-1]{r}$ is rational.

70

Show that the equation $\{x^3\}+\{y^3\}=\{z^3\}$ has infinitely many rational non-integer solutions.

71

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that the equation \[x+y+\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=3n\] does not have solutions in positive rational numbers.

72

Find all pairs $(x, y)$ of positive rational numbers such that $x^{y}=y^{x}$.

73

Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers that satisfy the equation \[a^{b^{2}}= b^{a}.\]

74

Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers that satisfy the equation \[a^{a^{a}}= b^{b}.\]

75

Let $a,b$, and $x$ be positive integers such that $x^{a+b}=a^b{b}$. Prove that $a=x$ and $b=x^{x}$.

76

Find all pairs $(m,n)$ of integers that satisfy the equation \[(m-n)^{2}=\frac{4mn}{m+n-1}.\]

77

Find all pairwise relatively prime positive integers $l, m, n$ such that \[(l+m+n)\left( \frac{1}{l}+\frac{1}{m}+\frac{1}{n}\right)\] is an integer.

78

Let $x, y$, and $z$ be integers with $z>1$. Show that \[(x+1)^{2}+(x+2)^{2}+\cdots+(x+99)^{2}\neq y^{z}.\]

79

Find all positive integers $m$ and $n$ for which \[1!+2!+3!+\cdots+n!=m^{2}\]

80

Prove that if $a, b, c, d$ are integers such that $d=( a+\sqrt[3]{2}b+\sqrt[3]{4}c)^{2}$ then $d$ is a perfect square.

81

Find a pair of relatively prime four digit natural numbers $A$ and $B$ such that for all natural numbers $m$ and $n$, $\vert A^m -B^n \vert \ge 400$.

82

Find all triples $(a, b, c)$ of positive integers to the equation \[a! b! = a!+b!+c!.\]

83

Find all pairs $(a, b)$ of positive integers such that \[(\sqrt[3]{a}+\sqrt[3]{b}-1 )^{2}= 49+20 \sqrt[3]{6}.\]

84

For what positive numbers $a$ is \[\sqrt[3]{2+\sqrt{a}}+\sqrt[3]{2-\sqrt{a}}\] an integer?

85

Find all integer solutions to $2(x^5 +y^5 +1)=5xy(x^2 +y^2 +1)$.

86

A triangle with integer sides is called Heronian if its area is an integer. Does there exist a Heronian triangle whose sides are the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means of two positive integers?

87

What is the smallest perfect square that ends in $9009$?

88

(Leo Moser) Show that the Diophantine equation \[\frac{1}{x_{1}}+\frac{1}{x_{2}}+\cdots+\frac{1}{x_{n}}+\frac{1}{x_{1}x_{2}\cdots x_{n}}= 1\] has at least one solution for every positive integers $n$.

89

Prove that the number $99999+111111\sqrt{3}$ cannot be written in the form $(A+B\sqrt{3})^2$, where $A$ and $B$ are integers.

90

Find all triples of positive integers $(x, y, z)$ such that \[(x+y)(1+xy)= 2^{z}.\]

91

If $R$ and $S$ are two rectangles with integer sides such that the perimeter of $R$ equals the area of $S$ and the perimeter of $S$ equals the area of $R$, then we call $R$ and $S$ a friendly pair of rectangles. Find all friendly pairs of rectangles.