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$\mathbb{Q}$-curves and the Lebesgue-Nagell equation

Number Theory 2023-10-17 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the equation x2q2k+1=yn,qx,2y, x^2 - q^{2k+1} = y^n, \qquad q \nmid x, \quad 2 \mid y, for integers x,q,k,yx,q,k,y and nn, with k0k \geq 0 and n3n \geq 3. We extend work of the first and third-named authors by finding all solutions in the cases q=41q= 41 and q=97q = 97. We do this by constructing a Frey-Hellegouarch Q\mathbb{Q}-curve defined over the real quadratic field K=Q(q)K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{q}), and using the modular method with multi-Frey techniques.

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@article{arxiv.2202.09219,
  title  = {$\mathbb{Q}$-curves and the Lebesgue-Nagell equation},
  author = {Michael A. Bennett and Philippe Michaud-Jacobs and Samir Siksek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.09219},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Minor revisions, to appear in Journal de Th\'eorie des Nombres de Bordeaux