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arxiv: 1702.06068 · v2 · pith:TNHV36SZnew · submitted 2017-02-20 · 🧮 math.NT

On a problem of PethH{o}

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In this paper we deal with a problem of Peth\H{o} related to existence of quartic algebraic integer $\alpha$ for which $$ \beta=\frac{4\alpha^4}{\alpha^4-1}-\frac{\alpha}{\alpha-1} $$ is a quadratic algebraic number. By studying rational solutions of certain Diophantine system we prove that there are infinitely many $\alpha$'s such that the corresponding $\beta$ is quadratic. Moreover, we present a description of all quartic numbers $\alpha$ such that $\beta$ is quadratic real number.

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