Mathematics, Department of
Date of this Version
1931
Abstract
In this note parametric solutions of certain diophantine equations are given. The method of obtaining the solutions is derived from an equation involving the determinants of certain matrices. It will be recognized that the method is a generalization of the method of Euler and Lagrange which depends on forms which repeat under multiplication. The matrices used in this paper must be such that their forms are retained under matric multiplication and addition. When integer values are assigned to the parameters of our solutions we obtain integer solutions of the particular equation under consideration; however not all integer solutions are necessarily furnished this way.
Comments
Published in Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (1931) 264-266. Used by permission.