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Keywords:
method of infinite ascent; Diophantine equation $A^4 \pm nB^3 = C^2$
Summary:
Each of the Diophantine equations $A^4 \pm nB^3 = C^2$ has an infinite number of integral solutions $(A, B, C)$ for any positive integer $n$. In this paper, we will show how the method of infinite ascent could be applied to generate these solutions. We will investigate the conditions when $A$, $B$ and $C$ are pair-wise co-prime. As a side result of this investigation, we will show a method of generating an infinite number of co-prime integral solutions $(A, B, C)$ of the Diophantine equation $aA^3 + cB^3 = C^2$ for any co-prime integer pair $(a,c)$.
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