Abstract
We consider the problem of existence of solutions of the equation\(\frac{X}{Y} + \frac{Y}{Z} + \frac{Z}{X} = m\) in natural numbers for differentm∈N. We prove that this equation possesses solutions in natural numbers form=a 2+5,a∈Z, and does not have solutions ifm=4p 2,p∈N, andp is not divisible by 3. We also prove that, forn≥12, the equation
possesses solutions in natural numbers if and only ifm≥n,m∈N.
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Kiev University, Kiev. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp. 831–836, June, 2000.
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Bondarenko, A.V. Investigation of one class of diophantine equations. Ukr Math J 52, 953–959 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591789
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591789