The classification conjecture for extensions of the pair {k,k+1}

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Let kk be a positive integer, and let {k,k+1,c,d}\{k,k+1,c,d\} be a D(k)D(-k)-quadruple with c<dc<d, where a D(k)D(-k)-quadruple is a set of four positive integers whose pairwise products minus kk are perfect squares.

Classification conjecture. One has

c=1,d=4k+1,c=1,\qquad d=4k+1,

and, in this case, 3k+13k+1 must be a square.

The conjecture is presented as a problem for future research and is stated to be more difficult for general kk than related cases already considered. It would classify all such extensions of the pair {k,k+1}\{k,k+1\} subject to c<dc<d.

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Primary source

Nikola Adžaga, Alan Filipin and Yasutsugu Fujita, “The extension of the D(-k)-pair \k,k+1\ to a quadruple”, arXiv:2001.04160 (2020).

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