The uniqueness conjecture for extensions of D(4)-triples

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Let n0n\neq0 be an integer. A set of distinct positive integers is a D(n)D(n)-tuple if the product of any two distinct elements, increased by nn, is a perfect square. In particular, a D(4)D(4)-quadruple is a set of four distinct positive integers with this property. A D(4)D(4)-quadruple is regular if it has the form {a,b,c,d+}\{a,b,c,d_{+}\}, where, for a D(4)D(4)-triple {a,b,c}\{a,b,c\} with a<b<ca<b<c,

d±(a,b,c)=a+b+c+12(abc±(ab+4)(ac+4)(bc+4)),d_{\pm}(a,b,c)=a+b+c+\frac{1}{2}\left(abc\pm\sqrt{(ab+4)(ac+4)(bc+4)}\right),

and d0d_{-}\neq0, so that {a,b,c,d}\{a,b,c,d_{-}\} is also a regular D(4)D(4)-quadruple with d<cd_{-}<c. Uniqueness conjecture for extensions of D(4)-triples. Any D(4)D(4)-quadruple is regular. In both the classical case n=1n=1 and the case n=4n=4, uniqueness of an extension of a triple to a quadruple with a larger element remains open.

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Marija Bliznac Trebješanin and Pavao Radić, “Extensions of D(4)-pairs \a, ka\ with k\7,8,10,11,12,13\”, arXiv:2511.08099 (2025).

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