Unique extension conjecture for Diophantine quadruples

Let {a,b,c,d}\{a,b,c,d\} be a Diophantine quadruple of integers, meaning that the product of any two distinct elements increased by 11 is a square of an integer, and suppose that d>max{a,b,c}d>\max\{a,b,c\}. Define

d+=a+b+c+2(abc+(ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1)).d_{+}=a+b+c+2\left(abc+\sqrt{(ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1)}\right).

Unique extension conjecture. Then d=d+d=d_{+}.

Every Diophantine triple of integers is known to have the extension d+d_{+}, and the conjecture asserts that this is the unique extension larger than all three elements. It remains open; it has been proved for particular triples, including {1,3,8}\{1,3,8\}, whose unique extension is 120120.

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Primary source

Alan Filipin and Ana Jurasić, “A polynomial variant of a problem of Diophantus and its consequences”, arXiv:1705.09194 (2017).

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