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A Comparison Of Recent Results On The Unicity Conjecture Of The Markoff Equation, Brandon John Metz
A Comparison Of Recent Results On The Unicity Conjecture Of The Markoff Equation, Brandon John Metz
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
In this thesis we discuss the positive integer solutions to the equation known as the Markoff equation
x2 + y2 + z2 = 3xyz.
Each solution to the equation is a permutation of a triple (x,y,z) with [mathematical equation refer to PDF] which is called a Markoff triple and each integer of the triple is referred to as a Markoff number.
In 1913, Frobenius conjectured that given an ordered Markoff triple (x,y,z), then both x and y are uniquely determined by z. In other words, if both (x1,y1,z) and (x2,y2 …
Generalized Markoff Equations, Euclid Trees, And Chebyshev Polynomials, Donald Joseph Mcginn
Generalized Markoff Equations, Euclid Trees, And Chebyshev Polynomials, Donald Joseph Mcginn
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The Markoff equation is x^2+y^2+z^2 = 3xyz, and all of the positive integer solutions
of this equation occur on one tree generated from (1, 1, 1), which is called the
Markoff tree. In this paper, we consider trees of solutions to equations of the form
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = xyz + A. We say a tree of solutions satisfies the unicity condition
if the maximum element of an ordered triple in the tree uniquely determines the
other two. The unicity conjecture says that the Markoff tree satisifies the unicity
condition. In this paper, we show that there exists …