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  • @adamrussell658
    @adamrussell658 2 дні тому +7

    Maybe Wolfram missed the other two solutions because of computer rounding error, since they are all irrationals.

  • @mystychief
    @mystychief 2 дні тому +3

    I started with the obvious try-out: one of them is zero and found two solutions (0,1976) and (1976,0). The other obvious one to try is x=y yielding the (494,494). I only did not know I had them all.

  • @nicolaecrisan5770
    @nicolaecrisan5770 2 дні тому +1

    More easy If You note :x=496axa and y=496bxb;a+b=2, a,b are integers!

  • @ronbannon
    @ronbannon 2 дні тому +2

    y=1976+x-2*sqrt(1976*x) has infinite integer solutions, but only three are valid for the given equation. This was a nice problem because it made me think. Making us think is perhaps the best reason to do math.

  • @hazalouldi7130
    @hazalouldi7130 2 дні тому +1

    we have y=2×13×19×t^2

  • @brankostojkovic1684
    @brankostojkovic1684 2 дні тому +2

    wolfram alpha says "Standard computation time exceeded... Try again with Pro Computation Time" 😀

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  2 дні тому

      hehe trying to sell you pro stuff

  • @bobbyheffley4955
    @bobbyheffley4955 2 дні тому

    247=13*19

  • @scottleung9587
    @scottleung9587 2 дні тому

    I used the second method after finding the prime factorization for 1,976.

  • @asimov2144
    @asimov2144 2 дні тому +5

    Hi. For a while now, the sound and image (of your last videos) are not synchronized. We can hear the sound of your pen and a while after we can see what you are writing. It's a bit disturbing. Can you check if it comes from your "side" or may be i'm the only one to have that issue. Thx

    • @musicsubicandcebu1774
      @musicsubicandcebu1774 2 дні тому

      video is lagging

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  2 дні тому +1

      Issue with screen recording. I don't know why that's happening but restarting the iPad fixed it for now.

  • @neuralwarp
    @neuralwarp 2 дні тому

    Couldn't Couldn't y be 1÷1976 though?

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  2 дні тому

      integer?

    • @WahranRai
      @WahranRai 2 дні тому +1

      @@SyberMath He would have a hard time listing them if they were real !

  • @rakenzarnsworld2
    @rakenzarnsworld2 2 дні тому

    x = y = 494

  • @starpawsy
    @starpawsy 2 дні тому

    1976 == 4 X 494. So sqrt (1976) == 2 X sqrt(494). Thus x == y == 494 is one solution. Now onto the next video !!!

  • @pepebriguglio6125
    @pepebriguglio6125 2 дні тому

    √(x) + √(y) = √(1976)
    √(x) + √(y) = √(2³×13×19)
    √(x) + √(y) = 2√(494)
    Integer solutions:
    => x=494a² and y=494b²
    √(494a²) + √(494b²) = 2√(494)
    a√(494) + b√(494) = 2√(494)
    => a+b = 2
    Real solutions
    => min(x,y) = 0
    => max(x,y) = 1976 = 4×494
    => max(a²,b²) = 4
    => max(a,b) = 2
    => (a,b) € {(2,0),(0,2),(1,1)}
    => (x,y) € {(1976,0),(0,1976),(494,494)}
    Complex solutions:
    a = i => b = 2-i
    (a,b) = (i,2-i)
    (a²,b²) = (-1,3-4i)
    (x,y) = (-494,1482-1976i)
    Etc.

    • @WahranRai
      @WahranRai 2 дні тому +1

      He stated that it is diophantine equation meaning solutions are integers.
      Why complex solutions ?

    • @pepebriguglio6125
      @pepebriguglio6125 2 дні тому

      @WahranRai
      Complex numbers are any numbers c = a+bi with a and b being any kind of real numbers. And I'm not including those here. What you call intergers, and often is called so, are the real integers. And they need to be called real integers, if you want to make sure to exclude the complex integers, the so-called Gaussian integers. Else the term 'integers' becomes inconsistent.

    • @WahranRai
      @WahranRai 2 дні тому

      @@pepebriguglio6125 An integer is a whole number (not a fractional number) that can be positive, negative, or zero.
      The set of integers, denoted Z, is formally defined as follows:
      Z = {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}

    • @pepebriguglio6125
      @pepebriguglio6125 2 дні тому

      @@WahranRai
      I know. Read again please.

    • @WahranRai
      @WahranRai День тому +1

      @@pepebriguglio6125 You know NOTHING, stop butchering maths

  • @dan-florinchereches4892
    @dan-florinchereches4892 2 дні тому

    1976 2
    988 2
    494 2
    247 13
    19 19
    So it makes sense that X and Y