Find all solutions of the equation in integers.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
The r.h.s. of the equation is divisible by but not by . Assume that . Then and . If also then , implying that the l.h.s. of the equation is divisible by . Thus . But then , implying that the l.h.s. of the equation is not divisible by . The contradiction shows that . By symmetry, also .
As , we must have . Hence also , implying . Consequently, and are modulo congruent to and in some order. Hence and , implying . We obtain , whereas . Hence the l.h.s. of the equation is congruent to modulo but the r.h.s. of the equation is congruent to . Consequently, there are no solutions.
Solution 2
Denote . Then the given equation is equivalent to . As and , we must have , implying . The given equation is also equivalent to
Hence . As where is prime, must be one of , , , , , , , . Taking into account that , we obtain four cases:
* If then and substituting into (1) gives which is equivalent to . The latter equation has no real solutions.
* If then and substituting into (1) gives which is equivalent to . The latter equation has no integral solutions.
* If then and the l.h.s. of the initial equation is non-positive.
* If then and substituting into (1) gives which is equivalent to . The latter equation has no real solutions.