Re: Diophantic Equations with Constraints
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- Subject: [mg49467] Re: Diophantic Equations with Constraints
- From: "Fred Klingener" <gigabitbucket at brockeng.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:39:33 -0400 (EDT)
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"Michael S." <MikeSuesserott at t-online.de> wrote in message news:cdj1t2$nbi$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi group, > > given an equation like > > 3x + 2y - z == 148 > with > x in Range[3,8], > y in Range[0,12], > z in Range[1,9], > > what would be the best way to solve this? I suppose that by Diophantic (-tine?) you mean that x, y, z are integers. This is a particularly easy set to solve (if it has a solution) by brute force. Just nest some for loops three deep (or build the Mathematica construct of your choice) and try all 6*13*9=72 candidates. Hth, Fred Klingener