Tuesday, 30 April 2013

abstract algebra - How to prove by the Well Ordering Principle that the equation 4a3+2b3=c3 has no solution over mathbbZ+?



I've already tried to define a set of positive integers that contains all such numbers c, i.e D={c:c3=4a3+2b3,a,bZ+}, then assuming is not an empty set for the sake of contradiction, if it is not an empty set of nonnegative integers then because of the WOP it must have a minimum element, I called this element m, but I can't find a way to prove that no positive integer raised to the third power can be represented by an expression like the given one with a,b also being positive integers. I need help with this one. Thanks beforehand.


Answer




Let (a,b,c) be a solution with c the smallest possible. Then c3 is even, hence c itself is even. Put c=2c0; then 2a3+b3=4c30. This time, we see that b must be even. Put b=2b0; then a3+4b30=2c30, thus a=2a0 must be even, and 4a30+2b30=c30, i.e. (a0,b0,c0) is another solution. But $c_0=c/2. Contradiction.


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