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In this paper, we investigate the Diophantine equation \[ (2^k - 1)(3^k - 1) = x^n \] and prove that it has no solutions in positive integers $k, x, n > 2$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Bo He , Chang Liu

We prove that the Diophantine equation (a^2 c x^k - 1)(b^2 c y^k - 1) = (abc z^k - 1)^2 has no solutions in positive integers with x, y, z > 1, k \geq 7 and a^2x^k \neq b^2y^k.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-10 E. G. Goedhart , H. G. Grundman

We prove that the Diophantine equation N X^2 + 2^L 3^M = Y^N has no solutions (N,X,Y,L,M) in positive integers with N > 1 and gcd(NX,Y) = 1, generalizing results of Luca, Wang and Wang, and Luca and Soydan. Our proofs use results of Bilu,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-04-18 Eva G. Goedhart , Helen G. Grundman

In this note, we find all the solutions of the Diophantine equation x^2 +2^a.3^b.11^c=y^n in nonnegative integers a, b, c, x, y, n>= 3 with x and y coprime.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Ismail Naci Cangul , Musa Demirci , Ilker Inam , Florian Luca , Gokhan Soydan

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

Suppose that $x$ is odd, $n\geq7$ and $p\notin\{2,5\}$ are primes. In this paper, we prove that the Diophantine equations $x^{2}\pm5^{\alpha}p^{n}=y^{n}$ have no solutions in positive integers $\alpha,x,y$ with $gcd(x,y)=1$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Gökhan Soydan

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

In this paper, we consider the exponential Diophantine equation \( (2^k-1)(b^k-1)=y^q \) with $k\ge 2$, odd integer $b$ and an odd prime exponent $q$ and obtain effective upper bounds for $q$ in terms of $b$. In particular, we show that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Chang Liu , Bo He

Given two relatively prime numbers $a$ and $b$, it is known that exactly one of the two Diophantine equations has a nonnegative integral solution $(x,y)$: $$ ax + by \ =\ \frac{(a-1)(b-1)}{2}\quad \mbox{ and }\quad 1 + ax + by \ =\…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Hung Viet Chu , Rishabh Gulecha , Sicheng Guo , Nathanael Johnson , Steven J. Miller , Yeju Shin

Let $a$ and $b$ be two distinct fixed positive integers such that $\min \{a,b\}>1.$ First, we correct an oversight from \cite{X-Z}. Then, we show that the equation in the title with $b \equiv 3 \pmod 8$, $b$ prime and $a$ even has no…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Armand Noubissie , Alain Togbe , Zhongfeng Zhang

In 2002, F. Luca and G. Walsh solved the Diophantine equation in the title for all pairs (a,b) such that 1<a<b<101 with some exceptions. There are sixty nine exceptions. In this paper, we give some new results concerning the equation in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Refik Keskin

In this paper, we consider the exponential Diophantine equation $a^{x}+b^{y}=c^{z},$ where $a, b, c$ be relatively prime positive integers such that $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{r}, r\in Z^{+}, 2\mid r$ with $b$ even. That is $$a=\mid…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Hairong Bai

In this paper we consider the Diophantine equation $x^2+q^{2m}=2y^p$ where $m,p,q,x,y$ are integer unknowns with $m>0,$ $p$ and $q$ are odd primes and $\gcd(x,y)=1.$ We prove that there are only finitely many solutions $(m,p,q,x,y)$ for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Szabolcs Tengely

It is a generalization of Pell's equation $x^2-Dy^2=0$. Here, we show that: if our Diophantine equation has a particular integer solution and $ab$ is not a perfect square, then the equation has an infinite number of solutions; in this case…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Florentin Smarandache

In this paper, we show that the equation $\varphi(|x^{m}-y^{m}|)=|x^{n}-y^{n}|$ has no nontrivial solutions in integers $x,y,m,n$ with $xy\neq0, m>0, n>0$ except for the solutions $(x,y,m,n)=((2^{t-1}\pm1),-(2^{t-1}\mp1),2,1),…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-24 Hairong Bai

In this paper, we consider the equation $(a^n-2^{m})(b^n-2^{m})=x^2$. By assuming the abc conjecture is true, in [8], Luca and Walsh gave a theorem, which implies that the above equation has only finitely many solutions $n,x$ if a and b are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Zafer Şiar , Refik Keskin

As an application of the method of Thue-Siegel, we will resolve a conjecture of Walsh to the effect that the Diophantine equation $aX^{4} - bY^2=1$, for fixed positive integers $a$ and $b$, possesses at most two solutions in positive…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-11 Shabnam Akhtari

We shall show that, for any positive integer $D>0$ and any primes $p_1, p_2$ not dividing $D$, the diophantine equation $x^2+D=2^s p_1^k p_2^l$ has at most $63$ integer solutions $(x, k, l, s)$ with $x, k, l\geq 0$ and $s\in \{0, 2\}$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-12-07 Tomohiro Yamada

Consider the diophantine equation $(3^{x_1}-1)(3^{x_2}-1)=(5^{y_1}-1)(5^{y_2}-1)$ in positive integers $x_1\le x_2$, and $y_1\le y_2$. Each side of the equation is a product of two terms of a given binary recurrence, respectively. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-01 Kálmán Liptai , László Németh , Gökhan Soydan , László Szalay

The study of finiteness or infiniteness of integer solutions of a Diophantine equation has been considered as a standard problem in the literature. In this paper, for f(x) in Z[x] monic and q1 ,...., qm in Z, we study the conditions for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-12 S. Subburam , J. Tanti
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