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A modular approach to the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation

Number Theory 2022-04-27 v2

Abstract

Let kk be a positive integer. In this paper, using the modular approach, we prove that if k0(mod4)k\equiv 0 \pmod{4}, 30<k<72430< k<724 and 2k12k-1 is an odd prime power, then under the GRH, the equation x2+(2k1)y=kzx^2+(2k-1)^y=k^z has only one positive integer solution (x,y,z)=(k1,1,2)(x,y,z)=(k-1,1,2). The above results solve some difficult cases of Terai's conecture concerning this equation.

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@article{arxiv.2111.05626,
  title  = {A modular approach to the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation},
  author = {Elif Kızıldere Mutlu and Maohua Le and Gökhan Soydan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05626},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

10 pages, accepted for publication in Indagationes Mathematicae

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