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Find all pairs of integers $(x,y)$ for

$$\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{2020}$$


Attempt:

Notice $x,y \ne 0$.

$$ \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{2020} $$

$$ \frac{x+y}{xy} = \frac{1}{2020} $$

$$ 2020(x+y) = xy $$

$$2020x + 2020y = xy$$

$$x(2020-y) = -2020y $$

$$x = \frac{2020y}{y-2020}$$

Notice $2020 = 101(5)2^{2}$, so the divisors are $1,2,4,5,10,20,101,202,404,505,1010,2020$.

If we check where $y-2020 | 2020$, then the solutions for $y$ are: $$y = 2020+1, 2020+2, 2020+4, 2020+5, 2020+10, 2020+20, ..., 2020+2020$$ along with the corresponding $x$.

If we check $y-2020 | y$, then notice that $\frac{y}{y-2020} = 1 + \frac{2020}{y-2020}$, so it will be integer only if $\frac{2020}{y-2020}$ is integer, which means the $y$ solution is the same as before.

So far I have only found $12$ solutions.

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