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#1791 · Number Theory · Diophantine equations

Six Solutions Condition

Find the greatest value of in order that the equation may have exactly six solutions in positive integers.

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XXVI. Indeterminate Equations of the First Degree, Examples XXVI, No. 21

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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).