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Suppose that $n$ is a positive integer. In this paper, we show that the exponential Diophantine equation $$(n-1)^{x}+(n+2)^{y}=n^{z},\ n\geq 2,\ xyz\neq 0$$ has only the positive integer solutions $(n,x,y,z)=(3,2,1,2), (3,1,2,3)$. The main…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Hairong Bai , Elif Kızıldere , Gökhan Soydan , Pingzhi Yuan

Let $n$ be a non-negative integer and put $p_{n}(x)=\prod_{i=0}^{n}(x+i)$. In the first part of the paper, for given $n$, we study the existence of integer solutions of the Diophantine equation $$ y^m=p_{n}(x)+\sum_{i=1}^{k}p_{a_{i}}(x), $$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-13 Szabolcs Tengely , Maciej Ulas

We find all solutions of Diophantine equation x^{2}+11^{2k} = y^{n} where x>=1, y>=1, n>=3 and k is natural number. We give p-adic interpretation of this equation.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Ismail Naci Cangul , Gokhan Soydan , Yilmaz Simsek

In this paper we study the polynomial version of Pillai's conjecture on the exponential Diophantine equation \begin{equation*} p^n - q^m = f. \end{equation*} We prove that for any non-constant polynomial $ f $ there are only finitely many…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Sebastian Heintze

In this paper, we solve Diophantine equation in the tittle in nonnegative integers m,n, and a. In order to prove our result, we use lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms and and a version of the Baker-Davenport reduction method in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-01 Zafer Şiar , Refik Keskin

We consider the equality of the values of the $n$th and $k$th elementary symmetric polynomials of $n$ not necessarily distinct positive integers. For $k < n$, we prove that this equation always has a solution, but only finitely many…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Sándor Z. Kiss , Csaba Sándor , Maciej Zakarczemny

In this paper, we use a variety of classical and new research methods for ternary exponential Diophantine equations and extensive use of computer calculations to study the conjecture of R. Scott and R. Styer which asserts that for any fixed…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Takafumi Miyazaki , Reese Scott , Robert Styer

Recently, the authors showed that for every irrational number $\alpha$, there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ represented by any given positive definite binary quadratic form $Q$, satisfying $||\alpha n||<n^{-(1/2-\varepsilon)}$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Stephan Baier , Habibur Rahaman

We give the complete solution in integers $(n,a,b,x,y)$ of the title equation when $\gcd(x,y)=1$, except for the case when $xab$ is odd.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-01-15 I. N. Cangül , M. Demirci , G. Soydan , N. Tzanakis

This paper investigates the exponential Diophantine equation of the form $a^x+b=c^y$, where $a, b, c$ are given positive integers with $a,c \ge 2$, and $x,y$ are positive integer unknowns. We define this form as a "Type-I transcendental…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Zeyu Cai

We show that the equation in the title (with $\Phi_m$ the $m$th cyclotomic polynomial) has no integer solution with $n\ge 1$ in the cases $(m,p)=(15,41), (15,5581),(10,271)$. These equations arise in a recent group theoretical investigation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-07-30 Florian Luca , Pieter Moree , Benne de Weger

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…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-30 D. Alfaya , L. A. Calvo , A. Martínez de Guinea , J. Rodrigo , A. Srinivasan

In this paper we solve the Diophantine equation $\binom{m}{l}-\binom{n}{k}=d$ (where m,n are positive integers unknowns) when (k,l)=(3,6) for various values of d and when (k,l)=(8,2) and d=1. As a byproduct of our results we will obtain…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Nikos Katsipis

In this article, we consider the Diophantine equation $\sigma_{2}(n)-n^2=An+B$ with $A=P^2\pm2$. For some $B$, we show that except for finitely many computable solutions in the range $n\leq(|A|+|B|)^{3}$, all the solutions are expressible…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Hao Zhong , Tianxin Cai

This paper explores the intricate relationships between Lucas numbers and Diophantine equations, offering significant contributions to the field of number theory. We first establish that the equation regarding Lucas number $L_n = 3x^2$ has…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Priyabrata Mandal

In this paper, we find all solutions of the exponential Diophantine equation $B_{n+1}^x-B_n^x=B_m$ in positive integer variables $(m, n, x)$, where $B_k$ is the $k$-th term of the Balancing sequence.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Salah E. Rihane , Bernadette Faye , Florian Luca , Alain Togbe

We study solvability of the Diophantine equation \begin{equation*} \frac{n}{2^{n}}=\sum_{i=1}^{k}\frac{a_{i}}{2^{a_{i}}}, \end{equation*} in integers $n, k, a_{1},\ldots, a_{k}$ satisfying the conditions $k\geq 2$ and $a_{i}<a_{i+1}$ for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-11 Szabolcs Tengely , Maciej Ulas , Jakub Zygadło

Let $ \{L_n\}_{n\geq 0} $ be the sequence of Lucas numbers. In this paper, we look at the exponential Diophantine equation $L_n-2^x3^y=c$, for $n,x,y\in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge0}$. We treat the cases $c\in -\mathbb{N}$, $c=0$ and $c\in \mathbb{N}$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Herbert Batte , Mahadi Ddamulira , Juma Kasozi , Florian Luca

In this paper we consider the Diophantine equation \begin{align*}b^k +\left(a+b\right)^k &+ \cdots + \left(a\left(x-1\right) + b\right)^k=\\ &=d^l + \left(c+d\right)^l + \cdots + \left(c\left(y-1\right) + d\right)^l, \end{align*} where…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-13 A. Bazsó , D. Kreso , F. Luca , Á. Pintér

For two relatively prime positive integers $a, b\in \mathbb{N}$, it is known that exactly one of the two Diophantine equations $$ax + by \ =\ \frac{(a-1)(b-1)}{2}\ \mbox{ and }\ 1 + ax + by \ =\ \frac{(a-1)(b-1)}{2}$$ has a nonnegative…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Hung Viet Chu , Steven J. Miller , Garrett Tresch