Problem:
Let and be positive integers with the properties
Prove: For the polynomial
has no positive solutions.
Problem:
Let and be positive integers with the properties
Prove: For the polynomial
has no positive solutions.
Solution:
We show for all , i.e. .
For this we show that for every the relation holds, and that for at least one we even have . The claim then follows by multiplying over all .
From the AM-GM inequality for the numbers summands 1 it follows that , which after multiplying by yields exactly (1). Equality holds precisely for , and this cannot hold for all , since then would follow, contradicting the assumption . Since for the given values all transformations are permissible, everything is proved.