by hemangsarkar, Jul 26, 2013, 6:48 AM
Q) Determine, with proof, the number of integer triples (x, y, z) satisfying
x^2 + 2y^2 + 98z^2 = 77777....7777 (2013 digits)
my solution :
working modulo
,
all perfect squares are
using all these cases - the only possibility is that

and
that means :

and

for some integers
.
cancelling

from both the sides - we have
that means that
but we can see that by euler's totient theorem :
so,
no integer solutions exist.
This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by hemangsarkar, Jul 26, 2013, 6:50 AM