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We find explicitly all rational solutions of the title equation for all integers $k$ in the range $|k|\leq 50$ except for $k=-47,-39$. For the solution, a variety of methods is applied, which, depending on $k$, may range from elementary,…
Alexander polynomials of sextics with only simple singularities or sextics of torus type with arbitrary singularities are computed. We show that for ieeducible sextics,there are four possibilities: $(t^2-t+1)^j, j=0,1,2,3$.
Let $M=Q(i\sqrt{d})$ be any imaginary quadratic field with a positive square-free $d$. Consider the polynomial \[ f(x)=x^3-ax^2-(a+3)x-1, \] with a parameter $a\in Z$. Let $K=M(\alpha)$, where $\alpha$ is a root of $f$. This is an infinite…
We investigate the solutions of the conjugate equation aya^(-1)=y^e in the symmetric group S_{n}. Here a is a fixed (constant), e is an integer exponent and y is a single unknown permutation (in S_{n}). It turns out that the existence of a…
Related to Shank's notion of simplest cubic fields, the family of parametrised Diophantine equations, \[ x^3 - (n-1) x^2 y - (n+2) xy^2 - 1 = \left( x - \lambda_0 y\right) \left(x-\lambda_1 y\right) \left(x - \lambda_2 y\right) = \pm 1, \]…
Using only elementary arguments, Cassels solved the Diophantine equation $(x-1)^3+x^3+(x+1)^3=z^2$ in integers $x$, $z$. The generalization $(x-1)^k+x^k+(x+1)^k=z^n$ (with $x$, $z$, $n$ integers and $n \ge 2$) was considered by Zhongfeng…
In this paper, we determine all primitive solutions to the equation $(x+r)^2 +(x+2r)^2 +\cdots +(x+dr)^2 = y^n$ for $2\leq d\leq 10$ and for $1\leq r\leq 10^4$. We make use of a factorization argument and the Primitive Divisors Theorem due…
This paper gives parametric solutions to quartic equations of the type,(4-3-3),(4-4-4),(4-5-5) and (4-6-6), According to Lander, Parkin, and Selfridge (2) conjecture, there are non-trivial solutions of the quartic…
In this paper, we solve the equation of the title under the assumption that $\gcd(x,d)=1$ and $n\geq 2$. This generalizes earlier work of the first author, Patel and Siksek [BPS16]. Our main tools include Frey-Hellegouarch curves and…
We classify all solution triples with Fibonacci components to the equation $a^2+b^2+c^2=3abc+m,$ for positive $m$. We show that for $m=2$ they are precisely $(1,F(b),F(b+2))$, with even $b$; for $m=21$, there exist exactly two Fibonacci…
In this article we finish the study of solutions of the equation $x^2-2^m=y^n$ for $m\in\mathbb{Z}$ and $n\geq3$. This is achieved using the modularity method in unsolved cases, namely, we prove that the only integer solutions of…
Let $F(x, y)$ be a binary form with integer coefficients, degree $n\geq 3$ and irreducible over the rationals. Suppose that only $s + 1$ of the $n + 1$ coefficients of $F$ are nonzero. We show that the Thue inequality $|F(x,y)|\leq m$ has…
Michael Knapp, in a previous work, conjectured that every additive sextic form over $\mathbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{-1})$ and $\mathbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{-5})$ in seven variables has a nontrivial zero. In this paper, we show that this conjecture is true,…
We show a triviality result for "pointwise" monotone in time, bounded "eternal" solutions of the semilinear heat equation \begin{equation*} u_{t}=\Delta u + |u|^{p} \end{equation*} on complete Riemannian manifolds of dimension $n \geq 5$…
In this paper, we derived the parametric solution of Euler and Elkies, xyz(x+y+z) = a, in an elementary manner. In addition we proved there are infinitely many parametric solutions of Euler's and Elkies's family of solutions.
We determine the set of primitive integral solutions to the generalised Fermat equation x^2 + y^3 = z^15. As expected, the only solutions are the trivial ones with xyz = 0 and the non-trivial pair (x,y,z) = (+-3, -2, 1).
In this paper, we prove that a Thue equation F(x,y) = h, where h is an integer and F is a polynomial of degree n with integer coefficients and without repeated roots, has at most 2n^3 - 2n - 3 solutions provided that the Mordell-Weil rank…
In this paper we obtain a parametric solution of the hitherto unsolved diophantine equation $(x_1^5+x_2^5)(x_3^5+x_4^5)=(y_1^5+y_2^5)(y_3^5+y_4^5)$. Further, we show, using elliptic curves, that there exist infinitely many parametric…
Let $\alpha$ be an algebraic number of degree $d\ge 3$ having at most one real conjugate and let $K$ be the algebraic number field ${\mathbf Q}(\alpha)$. For any unit $\epsilon$ of $K$ such that ${\mathbf Q}(\alpha\epsilon)=K$, we consider…
While effective resolution of Thue equations has been well understood since the work of Baker in the 1960s, similar results for norm-form equations in more than two variables have proven difficult to achieve. In 1983, Vojta was able to…