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A function field variant of Pillai's problem

Number Theory 2023-04-12 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a variant of Pillai's problem over function fields F F in one variable over C \mathbb{C} . For given simple linear recurrence sequences Gn G_n and Hm H_m , defined over F F and satisfying some weak conditions, we will prove that the equation GnHm=f G_n - H_m = f has only finitely many solutions (n,m)N2 (n,m) \in \mathbb{N}^2 for any non-zero fF f \in F , which can be effectively bounded. Furthermore, we prove that under suitable assumptions there are only finitely many effectively computable f f with more than one representation of the form GnHm G_n - H_m .

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@article{arxiv.2008.10339,
  title  = {A function field variant of Pillai's problem},
  author = {Clemens Fuchs and Sebastian Heintze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10339},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages

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