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Let $m$ be a positive integer and $b_{m}(n)$ be the number of partitions of $n$ with parts being powers of 2, where each part can take $m$ colors. We show that if $m=2^{k}-1$, then there exists the natural density of integers $n$ such that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Bartosz Sobolewski , Maciej Ulas

Let $\{f_n\}$ be the Fibonacci sequence. For any positive integer $n$, let $r(n)$ be the number of solutions of $n=p+f_{k_1^{2}} +f_{k_{2}^{2}}$, where $p$ is a prime and $k_1, k_2$ are nonnegative integers with $k_1\le k_2$. In this paper,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Ji-Zhen Xu , Yong-Gao Chen

We show that there does not exist a generalised polynomial which vanishes precisely on the set of powers of two. In fact, if $k \geq 2$ is and integer and $g \colon \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a generalised polynomial such that $g(k^n) =…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Jakub Konieczny

A natural number is a binary $k$'th power if its binary representation consists of $k$ consecutive identical blocks. We prove an analogue of Waring's theorem for sums of binary $k$'th powers. More precisely, we show that for each integer $k…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Daniel M. Kane , Carlo Sanna , Jeffrey Shallit

The subject matter of this work is the diophantine equation x^n+y^m=c(x^k)(y^l), where n,m,k,l,c are natural numbers.We investigate this equation from the point of view of positive integer solutions.A preliminary examination of sources such…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-10 Konstantine Zelator

In this work, we prove the following result(Theorem 1): Suppose that n is a positive integer, p an odd prime, and such that either n is congruent to 0 modulo4 and p congruent to 3 modulo8; or alternatively, n is congruent to 2 modulo4 and p…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-05-21 Konstantine Zelator

Let $(L_n^{(k)})_{n\geq 2-k}$ be the sequence of $k$--generalized Lucas numbers for some fixed integer $k\ge 2$ whose first $k$ terms are $0,\ldots,0,2,1$ and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms. In this paper, we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Herbert Batte , Florian Luca

Given an infinite sequence of positive integers $\cA$, we prove that for every nonnegative integer $k$ the number of solutions of the equation $n=a_1+...+a_k$, $a_1,\,..., a_k\in \cA$, is not constant for $n$ large enough. This result is a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-05-09 Juanjo Rué

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…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-09-23 Michael A. Bennett , Vandita Patel , Samir Siksek

In this work, we give upper bounds for $n$ on the title equation. Our results depend on assertions describing the precise exponents of $2$ and $3$ appearing in the prime factorization of $T_{k}(x)=(x+1)^{k}+(x+2)^{k}+...+(2x)^{k}$. Further,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-04 Attila Bérczes , István Pink , Gamze SavaŞ , Gökhan Soydan

For $n \geq 3$, an asymptotic formula is derived for the number of representations of a sufficiently large natural number $N$ as a sum of $r = 2^n + 1$ summands, each of which is an $n$-th power of natural numbers $x_i$, $i = \overline{1,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Zarullo Rakhmonov , Firuz Rakhmonov

Let $a\geq 1, b\geq 0$ and $k\geq 2$ be any given integers. It has been proven that there exist infinitely many natural numbers $m$ such that sum of divisors of $m$ is a perfect $k$th power. We try to generalize this result when the values…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Sai Teja Somu , Vidyanshu Mishra

If $k$ is a sufficiently large positive integer, we show that the Diophantine equation $$n (n+d) \cdots (n+ (k-1)d) = y^{\ell}$$ has at most finitely many solutions in positive integers $n, d, y$ and $\ell$, with $\operatorname{gcd}(n,d)=1$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Michael A. Bennett , Samir Siksek

Let $k,l\geq2$ be fixed integers. In this paper, firstly, we prove that all solutions of the equation $(x+1)^{k}+(x+2)^{k}+...+(lx)^{k}=y^{n}$ in integers $x,y,n$ with $x,y\geq1, n\geq2$ satisfy $n<C_{1}$ where $C_{1}=C_{1}(l,k)$ is an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-11 Gökhan Soydan

In this paper we study equation $$(x-dr)^5+\cdots+x^5+\cdots+(x+dr)^5=y^p$$ under the condition $\gcd(x,r)=1$. We present a recipe for proving the non-existence of non-trivial integer solutions of the above equation, and as an application…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Lucas Villagra Torcomian

The problem of finding the sum of a polynomial's values is considered. In particular, for any $n\geq 3$, the explicit formula for the sum of the $n$th powers of natural numbers $S_n=\sum_{x=1}^{m}x^{n}$ is proved:…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Eteri Samsonadze

Let $S_k(m):=\sum_{j=1}^{m-1}j^k$ denote a power sum. In 2011, Kellner proposed the conjecture that for $m>3$ the ratio $S_k(m+1)/S_k(m)$ is never an integer, or, equivalently, that for any positive integer $a$, the equation $aS_k(m)=m^k$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-10 Ioulia N. Baoulina

Let $k,\ell\geq2$ be fixed integers and $C$ be an effectively computable constant depending only on $k$ and $\ell$. In this paper, we prove that all solutions of the equation $(x+1)^{k}+(x+2)^{k}+...+(\ell x)^{k}=y^{n}$ in integers $x,y,n$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-16 Daniele Bartoli , Gökhan Soydan

Diophantine problems involving recurrence sequences have a long history and is an actively studied topic within number theory. In this paper, we connect to the field by considering the equation \begin{align*} B_mB_{m+d}\dots…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-27 Lajos Hajdu , Shanta Laishram , Márton Szikszai

Let L_t denote the t-th Lucas number. We prove that the Diophantine equation L_m^{n+k} + L_m^n = L_r has no solutions in positive integers r, m, n, and k with m >= 2. In the case n = 1, the proof is based on a precise factorization formula…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Seyran S. Ibrahimov , Nazim I. Mahmudov