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\(D(-1)\) tuples in imaginary quadratic fields

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Let K be an imaginary quadratic number field, and \( \mathcal{O}_K\) its ring of integers. In this article, we prove the non-existence of Diophantine \(m\)-tuples in \(\mathcal{O}_K\) with the property \(D(-1)\), for \(m > 36\).

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The author is indebted to Professor Kalyan Chakraborty for suggestions and for carefully going through the manuscript. The author is also thankful to Dr. Azizul Hoque for introducing him to this area and for his encouragement throughout. The author is grateful to the anonymous referee for valuable suggestions and remarks which improved the exposition of the paper.

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Gupta, S. \(D(-1)\) tuples in imaginary quadratic fields. Acta Math. Hungar. 164, 556–569 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-021-01150-w

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