Complete solutions of the simultaneous Pell equations $ (a^2+1)y^2-x^2 = y^2-bz^2 = 1 $

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the simultaneous Pell equations $ (a^2+1)y^2-x^2 = y^2-bz^2 = 1 $ where $ a > 0 $ is an integer and $ b > 1 $ is squarefree and has at most three prime divisors. We obtained the necessary and sufficient conditions that the above simultaneous Pell equations have positive integer solutions by using only the elementary methods of factorization, congruence, the quadratic residue and fundamental properties of Lucas sequence and the associated Lucas sequence. Moreover, we prove that these simultaneous Pell equations have at most one solution. When a solution exists, assuming the positive solutions of the Pell equation $ x^2(a^2+1)-y^2 = -1 $ are $ x = x_m $ and $ y = y_m $ with $ m\geq 1 $ odd, then the only solution of the system is given by $ m = 3 $ or $ m = 5 $ or $ m = 7 $ or $ m = 9 $.

Keywords

• diophantine equations
• simultaneous pell equations
• minimal solutions
• lucas sequences