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On the exponential Diophantine equation $(n-1)^{x}+(n+2)^{y}=n^{z}$

Number Theory 2020-03-31 v1

Abstract

Suppose that nn is a positive integer. In this paper, we show that the exponential Diophantine equation (n1)x+(n+2)y=nz, n2, xyz0(n-1)^{x}+(n+2)^{y}=n^{z},\ n\geq 2,\ xyz\neq 0 has only the positive integer solutions (n,x,y,z)=(3,2,1,2),(3,1,2,3)(n,x,y,z)=(3,2,1,2), (3,1,2,3). The main tools on the proofs are Baker's theory and Bilu-Hanrot-Voutier's result on primitive divisors of Lucas numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2003.12749,
  title  = {On the exponential Diophantine equation $(n-1)^{x}+(n+2)^{y}=n^{z}$},
  author = {Hairong Bai and Elif Kızıldere and Gökhan Soydan and Pingzhi Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.12749},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, to appear, Colloquium Mathematicum (2020)