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Problem 110


Problem 110


Diophantine reciprocals II

In the following equation x, y, and n are positive integers.

$$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{n}$$

For n = 4 there are exactly three distinct solutions:

$$\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{20}=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{12}=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{8}=\frac{1}{4}$$

It can be verified that when n = 1260 there are 113 distinct solutions and this is the least value of n for which the total number of distinct solutions exceeds one hundred.

What is the least value of n for which the number of distinct solutions exceeds four million?

NOTE: This problem is a much more difficult version of Problem 108 and as it is well beyond the limitations of a brute force approach it requires a clever implementation.


丢番图倒数II

在如下方程中,x、y、n均为正整数。

$$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{n}$$

对于n = 4,上述方程恰好有3个不同的解:

$$\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{20}=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{12}=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{8}=\frac{1}{4}$$

可以验证当n = 1260时,恰好有113种不同的解,这也是不同的解的总数超过一百种的最小n值。

不同的解的总数超过四百万种的最小n值是多少?

注意:这是第108题一个极其困难的版本,而且远远超过暴力解法的能力范围,因此需要更加聪明的手段。