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From: bs@faron.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman)
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Subject: A simple Diophantine Equation
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 09:50:57 EDT
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Does anyone know of a simple way for solving the diophantine equation:

	Ax + By + xy = K  with A,B,K given?

By making the substitution x' = (x + B) and y' = (y + A)  it can
be transformed into the problem of factoring K + AB.

Is there any other way of solving it????


Bob Silverman  (they call me Mr. 9)