#1788 · Number Theory · Diophantine equations

Harmonic progression with integer terms

If the integers 6, $a$ , $b$ are in harmonic progression, find all the possible values of $a$ and $b$ .

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XXVI. Indeterminate Equations of the First Degree, Examples XXVI, No. 18

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