The uniqueness conjecture for extending Diophantine triples

Let {a,b,c,d}\{a,b,c,d\} be a Diophantine quadruple of integers, 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).

Uniqueness conjecture for extensions. Then

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

This is presented as the stronger version of the folklore conjecture that every Diophantine triple can be extended to a quadruple with a larger element in a unique way. The source states that this stronger conjecture remains open.

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Primary source

Nikola Adžaga, Alan Filipin and Ana Jurasić, “The extensibility of the Diophantine triple \2, b, c\”, arXiv:2601.19803 (2026).

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