On power values of pyramidal numbers, II
Number Theory
2023-08-25 v2
Abstract
For , we define the th order pyramidal number by In a previous paper, written by the first-, second-, and fourth-named authors, all solutions to the equation are found in positive integers and , for . In this paper, we consider the question of higher powers, and find all solutions to the equation in positive integers , , and , with , and . We reduce the problem to a study of systems of binomial Thue equations, and use a combination of local arguments, the modular method via Frey curves, and bounds arising from linear forms in logarithms to solve the problem.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2112.03782,
title = {On power values of pyramidal numbers, II},
author = {Andrej Dujella and Kálmán Győry and Philippe Michaud-Jacobs and Ákos Pintér},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.03782},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
Minor corrections, to appear in Acta Arithmetica