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Diophantine equations involving Euler function

Number Theory 2020-01-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the equation φ(xmym)=xnyn\varphi(|x^{m}-y^{m}|)=|x^{n}-y^{n}| has no nontrivial solutions in integers x,y,m,nx,y,m,n with xy0,m>0,n>0xy\neq0, m>0, n>0 except for the solutions (x,y,m,n)=((2t1±1),(2t11),2,1),((2t1±1),(2t11),2,1),(x,y,m,n)=((2^{t-1}\pm1),-(2^{t-1}\mp1),2,1), (-(2^{t-1}\pm1),(2^{t-1}\mp1),2,1), where tt is a integer with t2.t\geq 2. The equation φ(xmymxy)=xnynxy\varphi(|\frac{x^{m}-y^{m}}{x-y}|)=|\frac{x^{n}-y^{n}}{x-y}| has no nontrivial solutions in integers x,y,m,nx,y,m,n with xy0,m>0,n>0xy\neq0, m>0, n>0 except for the solutions (x,y,m,n)=(a±1,a,1,2),(a±i,a,2,1),(x,y,m,n)=(a\pm1, -a, 1, 2), (a\pm i, -a, 2, 1), where aa is a integer with i=1,2.i=1,2.

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@article{arxiv.2001.08246,
  title  = {Diophantine equations involving Euler function},
  author = {Hairong Bai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.08246},
  year   = {2020}
}
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