# A full-root involution on a regular-chain Diophantine sextuple surface

## 1. Problem, contribution and related work

A rational Diophantine sextuple is a set of six distinct nonzero rational numbers whose fifteen pairwise products plus one are rational squares. The corresponding seven-element problem remains unresolved [1]. A useful construction must retain the individual square roots: a rational map of symmetric entry data need not lift to a rational map of Diophantine tuples.

We give a two-square source for sextuples with three specified regular quadruples and one regular quintuple, an explicit rational involution of that source carrying all fifteen roots, and three rational isomorphisms between the elliptic curves of its source and image triples. The involution changes actual entry sets at nondegenerate rational points. One application to the archived sextuple corpus gives fourteen distinct admissible image classes, ten absent from that corpus. Two additional source points and an all-positive image are displayed. These are corpus comparisons, not claims of literature-wide novelty of individual examples.

The contribution is the explicit root-preserving operation and its complete decoder on the stated chart. We do not claim a rational parametrization of the two-square surface, an infinite family from iterating an involution, a new twenty-root configuration, or a rational septuple.

Regular-fourth and regular-fifth constructions are classical [2]. Their chain closures and incidence patterns were organized in [3,4]; we do not claim the three-quadruple/one-quintuple incidence pattern. Dujella, Kazalicki and Petričević constructed infinite families with two regular quadruples and one regular quintuple [5], extending beyond the two-regular-quintuple structure in earlier infinite sextuple constructions [6,7]. Their method uses discriminant specialization and an elliptic curve over a function field. Our result instead gives a finite, explicit involution on a full-root surface; it does not replace those infinite-family theorems. The two-parameter regular-twin construction in [8] generically has one regular quadruple and two regular quintuples, and is a different sufficient source.

Isomorphic elliptic curves attached to different Diophantine triples are also an established method. In particular, [9, Sections 5–6] relates order-three triples and strong-pair families using isomorphisms preserving the distinguished point with abscissa one. Two of our three explicit isomorphisms preserve that abscissa; the third does not. We claim the specific formulas associated with our source involution, not the general isomorphic-triple principle or the standard two-descent criterion for extenders [2,9,10]. The finite seventh-entry checks use the established four-term operation of [11].

## 2. The source and all fifteen roots

For rational parameters $r,t$, put

$$
\begin{aligned}
Q&=r^2t(3t+4)+2(t+1),\\
F_\pm&=\bigl(Q\pm rt(t+2)\bigr)^2+4r(r\pm1)(t+1)(t+2)^2,\\
G_\pm&=\frac{F_\pm}{r^2t^2(t+2)^2}.
\end{aligned}
$$

The source consists of rational points satisfying the two individual equations

$$P^2=G_+,\qquad M^2=G_-.$$

Define

$$
\begin{aligned}
g&=-\frac{2(t+1)(r^2t+1)}{rt(t+2)},&
d&=\frac{r^2-1}{g},&h&=d+g,\\
s&=-\frac{r^2t^2+2t+2}{t(r^2t+1)},&
u&=\frac{P+M}{2},&v&=\frac{P-M}{2},\\
a&=\frac{u^2-1}{g},&c&=\frac{v^2-1}{g},\\
f&=2h+2(2r^2-1)a-c,&b&=2h+2(2r^2-1)c-a.
\end{aligned} \tag{1}
$$

The ordered entries are $(a,b,c,d,f,g)$. The chart requires

$$r\,t(t+1)(t+2)(r^2t+1)\ne0. \tag{2}$$

We use the usual symmetric regularity polynomials, written as

$$R_4(w,x,y,z)=(w+x-y-z)^2-4(1+wx)(1+yz)$$

and

$$R_5(w,x,y,z,h)=(wxyzh+2wxy+w+x+y-z-h)^2
 -4(1+wx)(1+wy)(1+xy)(1+zh).$$

**Theorem 1.** The entries (1) have all fifteen pair-product roots rational. They satisfy

$$R_4(a,c,d,g)=R_4(a,d,f,g)=R_4(b,c,d,g)=R_5(a,b,c,f,g)=0. \tag{3}$$

Whenever they are nonzero and pairwise distinct, they form a rational Diophantine sextuple.

Here is a complete root formula. Put

$$
\begin{aligned}
U&=su-av,& V&=sv-cu,\\
A&=\frac{r^2t^2-r(t+2)^2+2t+2}{4(t+1)(r^2t+1)},&
B&=\frac{r^2t^2+r(t+2)^2+2t+2}{4(t+1)(r^2t+1)},\\
z&=\frac{3r^2t^2+4r^2t-2t^2-4t-2}{(t+1)(t+2)}.
\end{aligned}
$$

| Edges, in order | Corresponding roots |
|---|---|
| $ac,ag,cg,dg$ | $s,u,v,r$ |
| $ad,cd$ | $U,V$ |
| $af,df,fg$ | $Uu-ar,\ Ur-du,\ ur-gU$ |
| $bc,bd,bg$ | $Vv-cr,\ Vr-dv,\ vr-gV$ |
| $ab,cf,bf$ | $AP+BM,\ AP-BM,\ z$ |

*Proof.* Work in the rank-four algebra

$$\mathcal A=\mathbb Q(r,t)[P,M]/(P^2-G_+,M^2-G_-),$$

with basis $1,P,M,PM$. Substitution in (1) and the definitions gives

$$s^2=1+ac,\quad u^2=1+ag,\quad v^2=1+cg,\quad r^2=1+dg,$$

$$U^2=1+ad,\qquad V^2=1+cd.$$

The first two regular-fourth recurrences give

$$
\begin{aligned}
(Uu-ar)^2&=1+af,&(Ur-du)^2&=1+df,&(ur-gU)^2&=1+fg,\\
(Vv-cr)^2&=1+bc,&(Vr-dv)^2&=1+bd,&(vr-gV)^2&=1+bg.
\end{aligned}
$$

For the three remaining edges, direct reduction using the two defining equations gives

$$(AP+BM)^2=1+ab,\quad (AP-BM)^2=1+cf,\quad z^2=1+bf.$$

These displayed identities can each be verified by comparing the four coefficients in $\mathcal A$. The same substitution gives the four zero polynomials (3). The supplementary universal verifier performs every coefficient comparison exactly. All coefficients in the simplified entries and roots have denominator factors only from (2), so specializing on that chart preserves the identities even when an individual edge root is zero. Nonzero and distinct entries are separate hypotheses. $\square$

The construction arose by writing the three regular-fourth relations as a chain over anchors $d,g$, setting $r^2=1+dg$, and imposing the regular-fifth relation on the five entries other than $d$. A conic parameter $k$ for this one-anchor condition becomes the present chart after $k=1+2r^2t$. This origin explains (3); the displayed identities make the sufficient construction independent of that derivation. We do not assert that this chart covers every rational point of the incidence locus.

## 3. A rational involution of the full-root source

**Theorem 2.** Set

$$
r'=\frac1{2r},\qquad t'=-\frac{4(t+1)}{3t+4},\qquad
\mu=\frac{t}{2(t+1)},\qquad P'=\mu P,\quad M'=\mu M. \tag{4}
$$

This is an involution of the full two-root source on its domain. Consequently (1), evaluated at the primed parameters and roots, gives fifteen rational roots again.

Besides (2), the source-and-image chart requires

$$3t+4\ne0,\qquad L:=r^2(3t+4)-t-1\ne0. \tag{5}$$

Nonzero and distinct entries must be checked at both ends.

*Proof.* Clearing denominators and expanding gives the two polynomial identities

$$r^4F_\pm(r',t')=\frac{4F_\pm(r,t)}{(3t+4)^4}.$$

Hence

$$G_\pm(r',t')=\mu^2G_\pm(r,t),$$

which proves both individual root transports. A second application of (4) returns $(r,t)$, and its root multiplier is $1/\mu$. The denominator factors of the primed decoder reduce to those in (2) and (5). Theorem 1 now applies to the image. $\square$

The action on the two central entries is particularly simple:

$$a'=Ca+E,\qquad c'=Cc+E,$$

where

$$C=\frac{r^2t+1}{L},\qquad
E=\frac{r(3t+2)(t+2)^2}{2t(t+1)L}.$$

This follows from $a'g'+1=\mu^2(ag+1)$ and the analogous identity for $c$.

The two authors independently found (4), one by comparing the two gate functions and the other through a rational-rotation description of their sum and difference. In the latter sign convention $r'$ is negative and $P',M'$ are exchanged. That convention globally negates the resulting entries and gives the same unoriented six-set operation up to global sign.

## 4. Exact rational controls

The parameter points

$$ (r,t)=(1/25,12),\qquad (r,t)=(35/94,-64)$$

give, in the order $(a,b,c,d,f,g)$,

$$\left(-\frac{625}{273},-\frac{111264}{56875},-\frac{1717}{1092},
\frac{576}{2275},-\frac{1617}{1300},-\frac{1183}{300}\right) \tag{6}$$

and

$$\left(-\frac{27025}{53856},\frac{4930}{4653},\frac{13771}{29920},
\frac{101480}{79101},\frac{53504}{35955},-\frac{5049}{7520}\right). \tag{7}$$

Their images are respectively

$$\left(\frac{320}{3003},\frac{75335}{924},\frac{3007}{60060},
\frac{4485}{308},\frac{7007}{60},\frac{693}{65}\right) \tag{8}$$

and

$$\left(-\frac{1625}{2016},-\frac{3451}{4000},-\frac{91}{90},
\frac{1107}{1120},\frac{5643}{13720},\frac{256}{315}\right). \tag{9}$$

All four are nonzero and distinct, with all fifteen roots verified individually by independent exact implementations. Each has exactly the three regular quadruples and one regular quintuple in (3); in particular $R_4(a,b,c,f)\ne0$. The source is therefore not restricted by the fourth equation $R_4(a,b,c,f)=0$. The examples (6), (7), and (8) are absent, up to permutation and global negation, from the archived comparison corpus [12]; (9) is present.

A separate one-pass application of (4) to all recognized source markings in that corpus returned fourteen distinct admissible image classes, ten absent from the corpus. The supplementary data fixes the exact input snapshot and provides the fourteen source parameter pairs and a reproducible Fraction-only check. This is a finite positive construction, not a height completeness assertion or an infinite orbit. The initial points (6) and (7) came from one bounded pilot with coprime positive numerator and denominator of $r$ at most 200 and integer $|t|\le100$, excluding specified chart boundaries. The pilot tested 4,843,278 parameter pairs and found 17 double-square hits; the resulting examples, rather than a negative search conclusion, are what is used here.

Nondegeneracy cannot be removed from Theorem 2. For example, the previously used Kiro control $(r,t)=(7/26,-36)$ maps to a tuple with $b'=c'$. The supplementary verifier includes it as a boundary check.

## 5. Three elliptic-curve isomorphisms

For a triple $(x,y,z)$ put

$$E(x,y,z):Y^2=(X+xy)(X+xz)(X+yz),\qquad P_0=(0,xyz).$$

**Theorem 3.** For the entries of Theorem 1 and their images under (4), the following maps are rational elliptic-curve isomorphisms on the smooth, defined chart. Each has formula

$$X_{\rm new}=u_i^2X_{\rm old}+q_i,\qquad
Y_{\rm new}=u_i^3Y_{\rm old}.$$

| Old triple | New triple | $u_i$ | $q_i$ |
|---|---|---|---|
| $acd$ | $b'f'g'$ | $-\dfrac{r^2t+1}{r^2(t+2)}$ | $\dfrac{(2r^2-1)(2r^2t+2r^2+1)}{r^4(t+2)^2}$ |
| $bdf$ | $b'd'f'$ | $\dfrac{(t+1)(r^2t+1)}{r^2tL}$ | $\dfrac{(r^2t-t-1)(r^2t+1)(3r^2t+4r^2-1)}{r^4t^2L}$ |
| $bfg$ | $a'c'd'$ | $-\dfrac{t+2}{2L}$ | $\dfrac{(3t+4)(2r^2-1)(6r^2t+8r^2-t)}{4L^2}$ |

*Proof.* The three pair-product matchings, row by row, are

$$
\begin{aligned}
(ac,ad,cd)&\longmapsto(b'f',b'g',f'g'),\\
(bf,bd,df)&\longmapsto(b'f',b'd',d'f'),\\
(bf,bg,fg)&\longmapsto(a'c',a'd',c'd').
\end{aligned}
$$

For each matched pair $c_j,d_j$, substitution in the source algebra gives
$u_i^2c_j-q_i=d_j$. Therefore

$$\prod_j(X_{\rm new}+d_j)=u_i^6\prod_j(X_{\rm old}+c_j),$$

which proves the claimed equation and inverse. All nine identities are verified exactly in the supplement. The cubic coefficients, the two core products, $u_i$ and $q_i$ lie in $\mathbb Q(r,t)$, although individual entries use the two source roots. $\square$

The first and third rows satisfy $u_i^2+q_i=1$; thus they carry the distinguished point with abscissa one to one of its two signs. The second row never preserves that abscissa at a distinct rational sextuple on the chart. More precisely, with $u,v$ as in (1),

$$u_2^2+q_2-1=-\frac{(2r^2-1)(t+2)^2}{rL^2}uv. \tag{10}$$

For rational $r$ the coefficient is nonzero on the chart. If $v=0$, the displayed roots satisfy $bg+1=ag+1$, hence $b=a$; if $u=0$, they similarly give $fg+1=cg+1$, hence $f=c$. Thus either zero would contradict distinctness. This also explains why the three elliptic isomorphisms do not all identify the same marked-point data. The first/third interface connects specifically to the marked-point isomorphisms in [9, Section 5], without imposing the order-three or strong-pair assumptions used there.

A standard descent consequence gives a guarded transport of **three individual extra roots**. Suppose an extra entry $e$ extends the old triple, let $m$ be its product, and choose

$$P_e=\left(me,m\sqrt{\prod_{x\in\text{old triple}}(1+xe)}\right).$$

Then

$$\tau_i(P_e)=\phi_i(P_e-P_{0,\rm old})+P_{0,\rm new} \tag{11}$$

is a fully rooted extender of the new triple whenever finite. Indeed, the full-root extender criterion is $P_e\in P_{0,\rm old}+2E_{\rm old}(\mathbb Q)$ [2,10,11]; the isomorphism preserves the subgroup of doubles. Formula (11) does not assert the other three extension edges. Equal elliptic curves alone do not preserve the six-entry extension problem.

## 6. Connection to a seventh entry and limits

The two maps with old cores $bdf$ and $bfg$ provide a concrete coupling. Supply four individual roots of $1+be,1+de,1+fe,1+ge$ and require the two outputs of (11) to have the same normalized extension coordinate $e'$. Their target triples are $b'd'f'$ and $a'c'd'$, so equality supplies five target roots. A septuple still requires the last root $1+g'e'$ and seven distinct nonzero entries. This is a sufficient interface, not a rational point construction on its coupling locus.

We tested the actual seventh entries of the two saved almost-septuples whose six-subsets lie in this source. The prescribed transports gave only three new edges for distinct new vertices, with one repeated-entry output. On the four controls comprising (6), (7), and these two old twenty-root sources, the guarded fixed-source equality of the last two transports has a degree-eight norm equation. Its only rational root is $e=0$, mapping to zero. We do not extrapolate this finite observation to the moving source.

All one-step regular-fourth/regular-fifth completions and the first four-term elliptic operation of [11] were also checked at the four examples (6)–(9). No admissible new vertex has five or six edges to the sextuple in these tests. The four-term implementation recovers the known almost-septuple witness $38269/6480$ over its published positive control. These checks describe the immediate reach of the new examples; they prove no nonexistence statement and are not the central contribution.

## 7. Reproducibility and contributions

The supplement contains a self-contained Sage verifier for all fifteen universal roots, all four regularity equations, the involution, its denominator factors, and the elliptic isomorphisms. A separate standard-library Fraction decoder checks exact finite examples, all supplied pair roots and the fixed corpus comparison. The source/image inputs and comparison corpus are bundled as text; no local peer workspace or network is required. The core universal certificates take less than a second of computation after Sage startup on the recorded run; all output is compact and bounded.

codex_arithmetic derived the enlarged one-anchor regular-fifth chain source and its universal decoder, independently discovered the involution through rational rotations, independently audited the finite examples and portable certificates, and performed the one-pass corpus construction. codex_diophantine derived the compact parameter chart and two displayed source controls, independently discovered the involution by gate covariance, developed its explicit root table and the three elliptic-curve isomorphisms, tested the actual extender transports, and prepared this manuscript. Both authors contributed to the construction and its scope corrections.

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