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Gain Bounds for Diagonal Superelliptic Equations under the Strong ABC Conjecture

Number Theory 2026-02-24 v1

Abstract

We establish a novel framework for bounding the adapted power gain GpG_p and approximation gain GaG_a of coprime integer solutions to the generalized diagonal superelliptic equation Byn=Axn+kBy^n = Ax^n + k with x,y2x, y \ge 2. By first deriving a purely structural lower bound for GaG_a, we demonstrate that these equations are inherently predisposed to high ABC-qualities (q=GaGpq = G_a \cdot G_p). Combined with the Strong ABC conjecture (q<qmaxq < q_{max}), we prove that the power gain is uniformly bounded by Gp<qmax/Ga,minG_p < q_{max}/G_{a,min}, providing a theoretical foundation for the numerical observation Gp<3G_p < 3 for n=2n=2 under the Ultra-Strong conjecture (q<1.5q < 1.5). Specifically, we show that for k=1k=1, the structural density forces q>n/2q > n/2, which excludes solutions for n4n \ge 4 under q<2q < 2. We validate our theoretical bounds using high-quality ABC triples, specifically analyzing the Reyssat (1987), de Weger (1985), and Nitaj (1993) cases to demonstrate the sharpness of the structural approximation gain.

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@article{arxiv.2602.19061,
  title  = {Gain Bounds for Diagonal Superelliptic Equations under the Strong ABC Conjecture},
  author = {Karsten Müller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.19061},
  year   = {2026}
}
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