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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

Let $r\ge 1$ be an integer and ${\bf U}:=\{U_n\}_{n\ge 0}$ be the Lucas sequence given by $U_0=0,~U_1=1$, and $U_{n+2}=rU_{n+1}+U_n$ for $n\ge 0$. In this paper, we explain how to find all the solutions of the Diophantine equation,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Mahadi Ddamulira , Florian Luca , Robert Tichy

Let $S := \{p_1,\ldots ,p_{\ell}\}$ be a finite set of primes and denote by $\mathcal{U}_S$ the set of all rational integers whose prime factors are all in $S$. Let $(U_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a non-degenerate linear recurrence sequence with order…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-28 P. K. Bhoi , S. S. Rout , G. K. Panda

Let $\{u_{n}\}_{n \geq 0}$ be a non-degenerate binary recurrence sequence with positive, square-free discriminant and $p$ be a fixed prime number. In this paper, we have shown the finiteness result for the solutions of the Diophantine…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-04 Eshita Mazumdar , S. S. Rout

We study systems of polynomial equations in several classes of finitely generated rings and algebras. For each ring $R$ (or algebra) in one of these classes we obtain an interpretation by systems of equations of a ring of integers $O$ of a…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2022-10-26 Albert Garreta , Alexei Miasnikov , Denis Ovchinnikov

In this paper, we consider the equations involving Euler's totient function $\phi$ and Lucas type sequences. In particular, we prove that the equation $\phi (x^m-y^m)=x^n-y^n$ has no solutions in positive integers $x, y, m, n$ except for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-27 Yong-Gao Chen , Hao Tian

Inspired by Lehmer's and Deaconescu's conjectures, as well as various analogue problems concerning Euler's totient function $\varphi(n)$, Schemmel's totient function $S_{2}(n)$, Jordan totient function $J_k$, and the unitary totient…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Sagar Mandal

By applying inter-universal Teichm\"uller theory and its slight modification over the rational number field, we prove new Diophantine results towards effective abc inequalities and the generalized Fermat equations. For coprime integers $a,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Zhong-Peng Zhou

After the work of Bordell\`{e}s, Dai, Heyman, Pan and Shparlinki (2018) and Heyman (2019), several authors studied the averages of arithmetic functions over the sequence $[x/n]$ and the integers of the form $[x/n]$. In this paper, we give…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Kota Saito , Yuta Suzuki , Wataru Takeda , Yuuya Yoshida

Finding integer solutions to norm form equations is a classical Diophantine problem. Using the units of the associated coefficient ring, we can produce sequences of solutions to these equations. It is known that these solutions can be…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-18 Elisa Bellah

The sufficient conditions for insolvability of the Diophantine equation $\sum_{i=1}^{m}x_i^{n}=bc^{n}$ ($n, m \geq 2$, $b, c\in \mathbb{N}$) in nonnegative integers are obtained for the case where the canonical decomposition of the number…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Eteri Samsonadze

In this paper, we explore the relationship between repdigits and associated Pell numbers, specifically focusing on two main aspects: expressing repdigits as the difference of two associated Pell numbers, and identifying which associated…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Monalisa Mohapatra , Pritam Kumar Bhoi , Gopal Krishna Panda

In this paper we consider the Diophantine equation $ V_n - b^m = c $ for given integers $ b,c $ with $ b \geq 2 $, whereas $ V_n $ varies among Lucas-Lehmer sequences of the second kind. We prove under some technical conditions that if the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Sebastian Heintze , Volker Ziegler

Let $\{U(m)\}_{m\in \N}$ and $\{V(n)\}_{n\in \N}$ be linear recurrence sequences. It is a well-known Diophantine problem to determine the finiteness of the set of natural numbers $n$ such that the ratio $U(n)/V(n)$ is an integer. We study…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Parvathi S Nair , S. S. Rout

Let $(U_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a fixed linear recurrence sequence of integers with order at least two, and for any positive integer $\ell$, let $\ell \cdot 2^{\ell} + 1$ be a Cullen number. Recently in \cite{bmt}, generalized Cullen numbers in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-21 Nabin Kumar Meher , Sudhansu Sekhar Rout

For an integer $k\geq 2$, let $(L_{n}^{(k)})_{n}$ be the $k-$generalized Lucas sequence which starts with $0,\ldots,0,2,1$ ($k$ terms) and each term afterwards is the sum of the $k$ preceding terms. In this paper, we find all the integers…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-18 Eric F. Bravo , Jhon J. Bravo , Florian Luca

Here, we find all positive integer solutions of the Diophantine equation in the title, where $(\mathcal{U}_n)_{n\geqslant 0}$ is the generalized Lucas sequence $\mathcal{U}_0=0, \ \mathcal{U}_1=1$ and $\mathcal{U}_{n+1}=r \mathcal{U}_n +s…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-08 P. Tiebekabe , I. Diouf , A. Tall , K. R. Kakanou

We notice that one of the Diophantine equations, $knm=2kn+2km+2nm$, arising in the universality originated Diophantine classification of simple Lie algebras, has interesting interpretations for two different sets of signs of variables. In…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 H. M. Khudaverdian , R. L. Mkrtchyan

We present a unified algebraic framework utilizing the formal Bell transform to bridge the Dirichlet convolution of arithmetic functions with the combinatorial structure of infinite Euler-type products. By analyzing the logarithmic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Mahipal Gurram

At a crossroads of calculus and combinatorics, the generating function of secant and tangent numbers (Euler numbers) provides enumeration of alternating permutations. In this article, we present a new refinement of Euler numbers to answer…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Masato Kobayashi