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On the Diophantine equation $cx^2+p^{2m}=4y^n$

Number Theory 2021-02-17 v1

Abstract

Let cc be a square-free positive integer and pp a prime satisfying pcp\nmid c. Let h(c)h(-c) denote the class number of the imaginary quadratic field Q(c)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-c}). In this paper, we consider the Diophantine equation cx2+p2m=4yn,  x,y1,m0,n3,gcd(x,y)=1,gcd(n,2h(c))=1,cx^2+p^{2m}=4y^n,~~x,y\geq 1, m\geq 0, n\geq 3, \gcd(x,y)=1, \gcd(n,2h(-c))=1, and we describe all its integer solutions. Our main tool here is the prominent result of Bilu, Hanrot and Voutier on existence of primitive divisors in Lehmer sequences.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2102.07977,
  title  = {On the Diophantine equation $cx^2+p^{2m}=4y^n$},
  author = {Kalyan Chakraborty and Azizul Hoque and Kotyada Srinivas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.07977},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

12 pages. To appear in `Results in Mathematics'