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A '''Diophantine equation''' is a polynomial equation with integer coefficients for which only integer solutions are sought. | A '''Diophantine equation''' is a polynomial equation with integer coefficients for which only integer solutions are sought. Diophantine equations are known to be Turing complete. | ||
<code> | == Definitions == | ||
A Diophantine equation is defined by a multi-variate polynomial <code>P(x,y,z,...)</code>. Solutions are values x,y,z,... such that <code>P(x,y,z,...) = 0</code>. The "magnitude" of a solution is max(|x|, |y|, |z|, ...) (the maximum absolute value of all it's variable assignments). The "score" for a Diophantine equation is the minimum magnitude across all solutions. In other words, it is the minimum N such that there exists a solution with -N ≤ x,y,z,... ≤ N. | |||
<code>BBdio( | The "size" or "height" of a Diophantine equation is the sum of <code>|coefficient|*2^degree</code> among all of its terms. For example <math>x^2 + xy + 6y + 1 = 0</math> has size <math>1 \cdot 2^2 + 1 \cdot 2^2 + 6 \cdot 2^1 + 1 \cdot 2^0 = 21 </math>. | ||
<code>BBdio(H)</code> is the maximum score among all solvable polynomial Diophantine equations of height <code>H</code>. | |||
== Champions == | |||
For 2 ≤ n < 16: <code>BBdio(n) = n-2</code> via the trivial equation <math>x - (n-2) = 0</math> | |||
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Revision as of 16:36, 11 August 2026
A Diophantine equation is a polynomial equation with integer coefficients for which only integer solutions are sought. Diophantine equations are known to be Turing complete.
Definitions
A Diophantine equation is defined by a multi-variate polynomial P(x,y,z,...). Solutions are values x,y,z,... such that P(x,y,z,...) = 0. The "magnitude" of a solution is max(|x|, |y|, |z|, ...) (the maximum absolute value of all it's variable assignments). The "score" for a Diophantine equation is the minimum magnitude across all solutions. In other words, it is the minimum N such that there exists a solution with -N ≤ x,y,z,... ≤ N.
The "size" or "height" of a Diophantine equation is the sum of |coefficient|*2^degree among all of its terms. For example has size .
BBdio(H) is the maximum score among all solvable polynomial Diophantine equations of height H.
Champions
For 2 ≤ n < 16: BBdio(n) = n-2 via the trivial equation
| n | BBdio(n) | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2 ≤ n ≤ 20 | ≥ n-2 | |
| 21 | ≥ 26 | |
| 22 | ≥ 22 | |
| 23 | ≥ 31 | |
| 24 | ≥ 66 | |
| 25 | ≥ 470 | |
| 26 | ≥ 40 | |
| 27 | ≥ 849 | |
| 28 | ≥ 74 | |
| 29 | ≥ 221 | |
| 30 | ≥ 849 |