TY - JOUR
T1 - Unit fractions in norm-Euclidean rings of integers
AU - Bradford, K.
AU - Ionascu, E. J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Univerzita Komenskeho. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this article, we consider the Erdős-Straus conjecture in a more general setting. For instance, one can look at the diophantine equation (Forumal presented) where n and a, b, c are Gaussian integers. We have considered this problem in the case of rings of integers of the norm-Euclidean quadratic fields. Without any other restrictions on a, b and c, we show that solutions exist except for a finite set, which is given explicitly in each particular case. The problem becomes as difficult as the original Erdős-Straus conjecture if we require that all variables are in the first or third quadrant, but numerical evidence shows a decomposition still exists. We formulate this new conjecture explicitly in the end of this article.
AB - In this article, we consider the Erdős-Straus conjecture in a more general setting. For instance, one can look at the diophantine equation (Forumal presented) where n and a, b, c are Gaussian integers. We have considered this problem in the case of rings of integers of the norm-Euclidean quadratic fields. Without any other restrictions on a, b and c, we show that solutions exist except for a finite set, which is given explicitly in each particular case. The problem becomes as difficult as the original Erdős-Straus conjecture if we require that all variables are in the first or third quadrant, but numerical evidence shows a decomposition still exists. We formulate this new conjecture explicitly in the end of this article.
KW - Diophantine equations
KW - Integers
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009469027
SN - 0862-9544
VL - 86
SP - 127
EP - 141
JO - Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae
JF - Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae
IS - 1
ER -