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The Equation Xk + Yk = Zk In Commuting Rational Matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

David E. Rush*
Affiliation:
University of CaliforniaRiverside, California 92521
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Abstract

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Solutions of Xk + Yk = Zk in invertible pairwise commuting rational 2 × 2 matrices are determined for k = 3, 4, 6, 9, from the analogous results of A. Aigner for algebraic number fields.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1983

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