More numbers like 5906 (Terms of A060387 not in A003336)
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Sun Dec 9 17:58:14 CET 2007
SeqFans,
is there a chance to find more solutions to
x^4 + y^4 = c * z^4 with c > 1 and gcd(x,y,z)=1
The currently last term of
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A060387
(x^4 + y^4 = n * z^4 is solvable in nonzero integers x,y,z)
is 5906, which is the first term differing from
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A003336
(Numbers that are the sum of 2 nonzero 4-th powers)
5906*17^4 = 25^4 + 149^4 = 493275026
Without the requirement gcd(x,y,z)=1 the next solutions would be
6497 * 2^4 = 14^4 + 16^4 = 103952
6562 * 2^4 = 2^4 + 18^4 = 104992
6577 * 2^4 = 4^4 + 18^4 = 105232
I don't have access to the article mentioned in A003336, A060387
A. Bremner and P. Morton, A new characterization of the integer 5906, Manuscripta Math. 44 (1983) 187-229; Math. Rev. 84i:10016.
Does it say something on solutions to the problem above for c>5906?
If more solutions can be found then they would form a sequence passing the "is it interesting" test ;-).
Similar questions could be posed for the companion terms of
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A111152
(Smallest number that is a sum of two n-th powers of positive rationals but not of two n-th powers of positive integers.), e.g. what is the next term
after 68101*2*5 = 15^5 + 17^5
Best regards
Hugo Pfoertner
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