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Solving equations of signature $(p,p,2)$ with coefficients over number fields

Number Theory 2026-02-24 v1

Abstract

Using the modular method, we study solutions to the Diophantine equation Aap+Bbp=Cc2Aa^p+Bb^p=Cc^2 over number fields. We first prove an asymptotic result for general number fields satisfying an appropriate SS-unit condition by assuming some standard conjectures in the case of fields that are not totally real. Specifically, we verify that this condition holds for an infinite family of real quadratic fields. Outside the asymptotic setting, we also obtain effective results. In particular, for the equation ap+dbp=c2a^p+db^p=c^2 over K=Q(d)K= \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d}) with d{3,11,19,43,}d \in \{3, 11, 19, 43, \} and K=Q(d)K= \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt d) with d{3,5,11,13,19,29}d \in \{3, 5, 11, 13, 19, 29\}, we find explicit bounds (depending on dd) such that no non-trivial solutions of a certain type exist whenever pp exceeds these bounds.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18871,
  title  = {Solving equations of signature $(p,p,2)$ with coefficients over number fields},
  author = {Begum Gulsah Cakti and Erman Isik and Yasemin Kara and Ekin Ozman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18871},
  year   = {2026}
}