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Asymptotic counting of D(n)-tuples

Problèmes ouverts — A. Dujella · 2026 · ★★★★★

Statement

Problem 1.7 (Dujella, 2026). Let $D_{m,n}(N)$ denote the number of $D(n)$-$m$-tuples with elements in the set $\{1,2,\ldots,N\}$ for a given positive integer $N$.

  1. If $n$ is a perfect square, is there a constant $C(n)$ depending only on $n$, such that $D_{3,n} \sim C(n)N \log N$? Is it true that $C(n) = C(1) = \frac{3}{\pi^2}$?
  2. If $n$ is not a perfect square, is there a constant $C(n)$ depending only on $n$, such that $D_{3,n} \sim C(n)N$?
  3. If $n$ is a perfect square, what can be said about the asymptotic behaviour of $D_{4,n}$?
  4. If $n$ is not a perfect square, is it true that $D_{4,n}$ is finite?

Remark. An affirmative answer to question (b) in the case when $|n|$ is prime or $n = -1$ is given in Adžaga, N., Dražić, G., Dujella, A., Pethő, A.: Asymptotics of $D(q)$-pairs and triples via $L$-functions of Dirichlet characters. Ramanujan J. 66, Article 11 (2025).

Questions (a) and (b) are completely solved in Badesa, J.: On the asymptotics of $D(n)$-pairs and triples. Ramanujan J. 67, Article 101 (2025). The answers to both questions are affirmative. In particular, for $n$ a perfect square, $D_{3,n} \sim \frac{3}{\pi^2}N \log N$.

An alternative proof of (a) and (b) is given in the recent paper Dražić, G., Kazalicki, M., Mrazović, R.: Equidistribution of Diophantine pairs among the equivalence classes of quadratic forms. Preprint (2025). arXiv: 2512.22902.

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Source & credits

Origin : Andrej Dujella, Open problems on Diophantine m-tuples and elliptic curves (26 juillet 2026), Problème 1.7

Reproduit à des fins pédagogiques non commerciales, avec attribution à l'auteur. Problème de recherche ouvert : aucune solution connue à ce jour.

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