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A problem of Erd\H{o}s-Graham-Granville-Selfridge on integral points on hyperelliptic curves

Number Theory 2022-11-23 v1

Abstract

Erd\H{o}s, Graham, and Selfridge considered, for each positive integer nn, the least value of tnt_n so that the integers n+1,n+2,,n+tnn+1, n+2, \dots, n+t_n contain a subset the product of whose members with nn is a square. An open problem posed by Granville concerns the size of tnt_n, under the assumption of the ABC Conjecture. We establish some results on the distribution of tnt_n, and in the process solve Granville's problem unconditionally.

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@article{arxiv.2211.12467,
  title  = {A problem of Erd\H{o}s-Graham-Granville-Selfridge on integral points on hyperelliptic curves},
  author = {Hung M. Bui and Kyle Pratt and Alexandru Zaharescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.12467},
  year   = {2022}
}

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