Glasnik Matematicki, Vol. 50, No. 1 (2015), 65-76.

RATIONAL FUNCTION VARIANT OF A PROBLEM OF ERDÖS AND GRAHAM

Szabolcs Tengely and Nóra Varga

Mathematical Institute, University of Derecen, P.O.Box 12, 4010 Debrecen, Hungary
e-mail: tengely@science.unideb.hu

Institute of Mathematics, MTA-DE Research Group "Equations, Functions and Curves", Hungarian Academy of Sciences and University of Debrecen, P. O. Box 12, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary
e-mail: nvarga@science.unideb.hu

Abstract.   In this paper we provide bounds for the size of the solutions of the Diophantine equations

where a,b,c,dZ are pairwise distinct integers.

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification.   11D61, 11Y50.

Key words and phrases.   Diophantine equations.

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DOI: 10.3336/gm.50.1.06

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