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Matiyasevich theorem/Examples of Diophantine sets
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Here are some simple examples of Diophantine sets.
- The set of all even non-negative integers is defined by the Diohpantine equation
a-2x=0
- The set of all full squares is defined by the Diohpantine equation
a-x^2=0
- The set of all non-negative integers that are not full squares is defined by the Pell's equation
(x+1)^2-a(y+1)^2=1 provided that the unknowns x and y range over non-negative integers.
- The set of all Fibonacci numbers is defined by the Diophantine equation
(x^2-ax-a^2)^2=1