Prime powers dividing products of consecutive integer values of $x^{2^n}+1$
Number Theory
2019-12-10 v3 Combinatorics
Abstract
Let be a positive integer and . In this paper, we study orders of primes dividing products of the form . We prove that if , then there exists a prime divisor of such that ord. For , we establish that for every positive integer , there exists a prime divisor of such that ord. Consequently, is never a fifth or higher power. This extends work of Cilleruelo who studied the case .
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@article{arxiv.1905.13003,
title = {Prime powers dividing products of consecutive integer values of $x^{2^n}+1$},
author = {Stephan Baier and Pallab Kanti Dey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.13003},
year = {2019}
}
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12 pages